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Online Magazine Access
ZINIO
Zinio is an online digital magazine provider made free to you by Park Forest Library. You will need a library card to gain access.
Zinio works on PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads, Android Devices, Kindle Fires and Blackberry Devices.
Not all magazines available from Zinio are available for free from the Library.
Quick Instructions
Creating a Library Zinio account:
You will check out magazines on the Library's Zinio page.
1. Click on the "Create Account" button
2. Enter your library barcode.
3. Enter your email address. Enter and confirm your password. Your name is optional.
4. You will receive a confirmation notice in your email inbox. Click on the link to confirm your account.
Logging into your account:
You'll login to the Library's Zinio page each time you want to check out a new magazine.
1. Enter your email and password
2. You will be directed to the magazines available for download.
3. Click on the cover to subscribe to the magazine and transfer the issue to your Zinio.com account. You will automatically receive the most current issue, then you'll receive an email reminder each time a new issue is available.
You'll need to create a Zinio account to read and manage your magazine subscriptions.
1. Enter your name, email and password when registering
2. Click on "My Library" to view the magazines you've subscribed to via the library Zinio page.
Need more help? Download the step by step instructions.
america's news magazines
Click here to find information on topics of current interest including business, education, the environment, history, homeschooling, science and technology. Features Newsweek, Popular Science, Field and Stream, Mother Earth News, Science Illustrated, Smithsonian and more for homework help and current events.
digital subscriptions
Click on the name of the magazine to access digital material. User name and password available at the Adult Services desk.
magazines with free online content
Click on the name of the magazine to access digital material. Access is free.
magazines through ebsco databases
The magazines listed below are available online through EBSCO database. Outside the library, an Olympia Fields/Park Forest library card barcode number (21139...) and your last name are required to use these databases.
To browse through the articles of a specific magazine: go to EBSCO by clicking here. Next click "EBSCOhost Web databases". Under the first selection "MasterFILE Premier", click "Title List". You can browse magazines alphabetically by title or search by using the Search bar underneath "Publications".
Advocate |
Field & Stream |
Parenting Early Years |
American Road |
Film Comment |
Parenting School Years |
Archaeology |
Girls' Life |
PC World |
Architectural Record |
Golf Magazine |
People |
Art & Antiques |
Good Housekeeping |
Poetry |
Arts & Activities |
Harper's Bazaar |
Popular Mechanics |
Astronomy |
Harper's Magazine |
Popular Science |
Atlantic Monthly |
Health |
Prevention |
Bicycling |
Heart and Soul |
The Progressive |
Black Enterprise |
Highlights for Children |
Psychology Today |
Boys' Life |
Horn Book |
Ranger Rick |
Boy's Quest |
Horticulture |
Real Simple |
Ceramics Monthly |
INC. |
Redbook |
Cicada |
Instyle |
Rolling Stone |
Click |
Interior Design |
Runner's World |
Cobblestone |
JET |
Saturday Evening Post |
Congressional Digest |
Kiplinger's Personal Finance |
Scholastic Parent and Child |
Consumer Reports |
Ladybug |
Science News |
Cosmopolitan |
Marie Claire |
Scientific American |
Crain's Chicago Business |
Model Railroader |
Scientific American Mind |
Cricket |
Money |
Sky & Telescope |
Crisis (NAACP) |
Mother Earth News |
Smithsonian |
Current Health 2 |
Mother Jones |
Spider |
Dig |
Nation |
Sports Illustrated |
Discover |
National Geographic |
Sports Illustrated for Kids |
Dog World |
National Geographic Kids |
Stone Soup |
E:The Environment Magazine |
National Wildlife |
Time |
Earth |
New Yorker |
Transworld Skateboarding |
Ebony |
Newsweek |
Turtle |
Entertainment Weekly |
Odyssey |
USA Today |
Esquire |
Organic Gardening |
Vanity Fair |
Essence |
Ornament |
The Writer |
Faces |
Outdoor Life |
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magazines through newsbank
The magazines listed below are available online through Newsbank. Outside the library, an Olympia Fields/Park Forest library card barcode number (21139...) and your last name are required to use these databases.
Air & Space |
Mother Earth News |
Science News |
Atlantic Monthly |
National Review |
Slate |
Baby Talk |
The New Republic |
Smithsonian |
Commentary |
Newsweek |
Stateline.org |
Education Week |
Parenting |
Washington Family |
Field & Stream |
Parenting School Years |
Working Mother |
Foreign Affairs |
Popular Science |
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Mother Earth News |
Science Illustrated |
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