Print Serials

USRS Print Serials

The U.S. Reference Service holds subscriptions to 45 periodicals. Individual issues of journals are not available for borrowing; however, articles may be requested from the USRS in Canberra through interlibrary loan.

Print subscriptions

American Spectator ISSN 0148-8414: "the standard for conservative journalism"
Asian affairs: an American review ISSN 0092-7678: "insight into developments in politics, economics, security, and international relations, especially between Asian nations and the United States"
Asian Survey ISSN 0004-4687: "contemporary international relations within South, Southeast, and East Asian nations"
Atlantic Monthly ISSN 1072-7825: "insights into the worlds of politics, business, the arts, and culture"
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ISSN 0096-3402: "informs the public about threats to the survival and development of humanity from nuclear weapons, climate change, and emerging technologies in the life sciences."
Challenge ISSN 0577-5132: "a wide range of views on national and international economic affairs"
Commentary ISSN 0010-2601: "the fate of democracy and of democratic ideas in a world threatened by totalitarian ideologies; the state of American and Western security; the future of the Jews, Judaism, and Jewish culture in Israel, the United States, and around the world;"
CQ Weekly ISSN 1521-5997: "non-partisan news and analysis on how legislation is shaped, who is shaping it and how it could affect your interests."
Current History ISSN 0011-3530: "a journal of contemporary world affairs"
Daedalus ISSN 0011-5266: "the official journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences"
Environment ISSN 0013-9157: "analyzes the problems, places, and people where environment and development come together"
Foreign Affairs ISSN 0015-7120: "American foreign policy and international affairs" published by the Council on Foreign Relations
Foreign Policy ISSN 0015-7228: "global politics, economics and ideas" published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Futurist ISSN 0016-3317: "forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future" published by the World Future Society
Government Executive ISSN 0017-2626: "a biweekly business magazine serving senior executives and managers in the federal government's departments and agencies."
Harpers Magazine ISSN 0017-789X: "the oldest general interest monthly in America"
Harvard International Review ISSN 0739-1854: "underappreciated topics in the international affairs discourse and underappreciated perspectives on more widely discussed topics"
Information Today ISSN 8755-6286: "The most widely read publication in the information industry, this is the only newspaper designed to meet the needs of the information professional."
International Security ISSN 0162-2889: "essays on all aspects of contemporary security issues"
Journal of Democracy ISSN 1045-5736: "focuses on analyzing democratic regimes and movements around the world"
Library Journal ISSN 0363-0277: "the oldest and most respected publication covering the library field"
Nation ISSN 0027-8378: "an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred"
National Interest ISSN 0884-9382: "informed analysis ... on foreign policy and international affairs"
National Journal ISSN 0360-4217: "the leading source of nonpartisan reporting on the current political environment and emerging policy trends"
National Review ISSN 0028-0038: "intelligent and thoughtful conservative commentary"
New Republic ISSN 0028-6583: "an intelligent, stimulating and rigorous examination of American politics, foreign policy and culture"
Newsweek ISSN 0028-9604: "comprehensive coverage of world events"
Orbis ISSN 0030-4387: "discourse on the full range of topics relating to American foreign policy and national security, as well as in-depth analysis on important international developments"
Policy Review ISSN 0146-5945: "new and serious thinking and writing about the issues of our day"
Politics ISSN 0197-0771: trade magazine for political consultants; formerly Campaigns & Elections
Presidential Studies Quarterly ISSN 0360-4918: "the only scholarly journal that focuses on the most powerful political figure in the world - the president of the United States"
Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute ISSN 0041-798X: "articles from military professionals and civilian experts, historical essays, and lively reader commentary ... [about] all of the nation's Sea Services -- Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Prologue ISSN 0033-1031: "stories based on the rich holdings and programs of the National Archives"
Public Administration Review ISSN 0033-3352: "the premier journal in the field of public administration research, theory, and practice for more than 60 years"
Regulation ISSN 0147-0590: "objective, in-depth analysis [about] regulatory and economic policymaking"
SAIS Review of International Affairs ISSN 0036-0775: "advancing the debate on leading contemporary issues in world affairs"
Scientific American ISSN 0036-8733: "unique insights about developments in science and technology"
Searcher ISSN 1070-4795: "explores and deliberates on a comprehensive range of issues important to the professional database searcher. The magazine is targeted to experienced, knowledgeable searchers and combines evaluations of data content with discussions of delivery media."
Smithsonian ISSN 0037-7333: "in-depth coverage of history, science, nature, the arts, travel, world culture and technology"
Society ISSN 0147-2011: "new ideas and research findings drawn from all the social sciences"
Technology Review ISSN 1099-274X: "aims to promote the understanding of emerging technologies and to analyze their commercial, social, and political impacts"
Time ISSN 0040-781X: U.S. domestic edition
U.S. News & World Report ISSN 0041-5537: "in-depth perspective and news analysis"
Washington Quarterly ISSN 0163-660X: "a journal of global affairs that analyzes strategic security challenges, changes, and their public policy implications"

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