Collections: Magazines & Newspapers

National Newspapers

America’s News by NewsBank

• Search over 3,000 U.S. news sources for local news and information, obituaries and more. Articles from The News Times (Danbury, CT 1996-to current) and
  The Ridgefield Press (2003-current) can be accessed from the Quick Links section. Available in the library and remotely with your library card.

ProQuest News and Newspapers

• Chicago Tribune 1985 to present
• Hartford Courant 1992 to present
• Hartford Courant Historical 1764 to 1922
• Los Angeles Times  1985 to present
• New York Times 1980 to present
• Wall Street Journal   1984 to present
• Washington Post   1987 to present

New York Times Digital

• New York Times Digital (In the Library)

To enjoy complimentary access you must create an account. Click Log In and Sign Up to create an account with your personal email address, or log in if you already have created an account.

• New York Times Digital (Remote Access)

  Offsite/remote access

  1. Open a web browser.
  2. Click on the remote access link (code).
  3. Click “Redeem” to get 72 hours of continuous access.
  4. Register with your personal email address, or click on “log in here” if you have already created an account. 

  Once you have created your account (or have logged in), you will receive an email confirmation of your 72-hour, unlimited access to New York Times Digital.

Magazines Available Digitally

The Library also has a collection of magazines that can be read anywhere while using the Libby App by Overdrive. Use your phone, tablet, laptop or other mobile devices to access the catalog of magazines offered to you by The Ridgefield Library. There are no holds for magazines or limits on how many you can check out, so get started today!

Online Periodicals

MainFILE
Search more than 12,000 publications. Provides indexing and abstracting as well as some full text.

MasterFILE Premier
Provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals

Consumer Reports
Find product ratings, recommendations and buying guides.

Adult Magazines Available at the Library

The Library has a select variety of magazines that are available for check out for adults. Visit the Friends of the Ridgefield Library Reading Room today to see what is available. (The most recent issue of each magazines in only available for in the library browsing and not available for check out.)

Currently, we have the following magazines in print format in our Reading Room:

• 068
• AD (Architectural Digest)
• The Atlantic
• Arts in America
• Better Homes & Gardens
• Bon Appétit
• Christian Science Monitor Weekly
• COINage
• Connecticut Gardener
• Connecticut Magazine
• Connecticut Wildlife
• Country Living
• Dwell
• The Economist
• Elle Decor
• Entrepreneur
• Family Handyman
• Golf Digest
• Good Housekeeping
• Harper's Bazar
• Harvard Business Review
• House Beautiful
• Inc.
• MIT Technology Review
• Mother Earth News
• National Geographic
• The New Yorker
• Opera / Opera News
• Outside
• People
• Popular Mechanics
• Prevention
• Psychology Today
• Real Simple
• Runner's World
• Scientific American
• Sports Illustrated
• This Old House
• Threads
• Time
• Town & Country
• Vanity Fair
• Wired
• Women's Health
• Yankee

Children's Magazines Available at the Library

The Library has a select variety of magazines that are available for check out for children. Visit the Lodewick Children's Library today to see what is available. (The most recent issue of each magazines in only available for in the library browsing and not available for check out.)

Currently, we have the following magazines in print format:

• Beans
• (Cricket) Cobblestone
• Highlights
• Highlights Hello
• Illustoria
• National Geographic Kids
• Owl Kids
• Ranger Ricks
• (Cricket) Spider
• Sports Illustrated Kids
• Young Rider
• Zoobooks