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Alternative Press Index Archive (AltPressIndexArchive)

Index of journals (1969-1990) covering cultural, economic, political & social change

Why select this database?

  • Comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information published from 1969-1990.
  • Coverage is international and interdisciplinary.
  • Indexes alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
  • Provides alternative viewpoints on internationally significant subjects.
Database details
Subjects
anarchism gay and lesbian issues
democracy indigenous peoples
ecology labor
economics national liberation
feminism socialism - theory and practice

Note: Subject headings reflect terminology in use at the time of publication.

Sources Over 700
Number of records Over 470,000
Dates covered 1969-1990
Updated Complete archive
Producer information

Alternative Press Center
PO Box 33109
Baltimore, MD 21218
USA
Phone:+1-410-243-2471
Fax: +1-410-235-5325
Web: http://www.altpress.org
E-mail: altpress@altpress.org

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Copyright

© Copyright 2008 by the Alternative Press Center, Inc. All rights reserved.

Index labels and examples of an expert search in AltPressIndexArchive

Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.

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Keyword kw: iranian
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Accession Number no: rci-2201-005355
rjr-2202-000241
Article Type at: biographies
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Article Type Phrase at= book reviews
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Author au: jones
Author Phrase au= b adams
jones d
roberts rose
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Descriptor de: nicaragua
Descriptor Phrase de= nicaragua sandinista national liberation front
Directory of Journals dj: blk panth
Directory of Journals Phrase dj= black panther
First Page pg: 78
Issue is: 2
Journal Subject js: australia
Journal Subject Phrase js= alternative culture
Notes nt: south africa
Publication Date pd: feb 3, 1973
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Publisher pb: natural resources defense council
Record Type Phrase rt= journal record
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Source so: labor
Source Phrase so= radical history review
Standard Number sn: 0161-1801
Subject su: palestine
Subject Phrase su= african women
Title ti: anti-apartheid
Title Phrase ti= a call for militant resistance
Volume vo: 48
Year yr: 1970-1972