Books and More: MagazinesMagazines
Adult Magazines
There are more than 200 magazines to select from in the atrium on the First Floor of the Iowa City Public Library. Topics range from antiques to yoga and everything in between.
Teen Magazines
Find magazines that appeal to teens in the Young Adult section on the Second Floor of the library. Look here for titles on fashion, gaming, humor, manga, and more. Don’t forget to look upstairs for many more titles.
Children’s Magazines
The juvenile magazine collection includes nonfiction and fiction titles that appeal to the general interests of kids as well as parenting, education, and children's literature review journals.
Loan Periods and Fines
| Magazines | Limit | Loan Period | Overdue Fines |
| Adult and YA | None | 1 week | 25¢/day |
| Children's | None | 1 week | 20¢/day |
Online Resources
- For Adults
- EbscoHost Magazine Index
- Multiple databases that cover a wide range of topics and which contain full-text articles, citations, and abstracts from sources such as newspapers, periodicals and newswires. - TopicSearch - Information on a wide variety of topics, from sources such as magazines, newspapers, biographies and book reviews.
- Zinio (new) - cover to cover access to over 100 magazines to download to your computer or mobile device.
- For Teens
- MAS School Edition - Full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines.
- For Kids
- Primary Search - Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research.
- Searchasaurus - Search magazines and more.
Resources marked with require an Iowa City Public Library card when accessed from outside the Library, and licensing restrictions limit access to residents of Iowa City and to areas covered by contracts for library service: rural Johnson County and the cities of Hills and University Heights.