Alternative Press Index | |
Category: | Subject Index, Political Science, Social Sciences, Leftist, Radical |
Frequency: | Switched from quarterly to biannually in volume 38 |
Format: | |
Publisher: | Alternative Press Center, Inc |
Founded: | 1969 |
Country: | USA |
Based: | Maryland |
Website: | http://www.altpress.org/mod/pages/display/8/index.php?menu=pubs |
Issn: | 0002-662X |
The Alternative Press Index (API) is an American bibliographic database that indexes politically progressive publications. Founded in 1969, the journal is committed to providing a comprehensive guide to alternative, leftist, and radical newspapers and magazines. They focus on topics such as feminism, socialism, anarchism, liberation movements, Indigenous peoples, Black Movement, and labor.[1]
API indexes articles of 5 or more paragraphs. The database notably covers international and interdisciplinary materials going back as far as 20 years.[2] [3] It has also been said that 90% of publications indexed by API are not indexed anywhere else.[4]
Alternative Press Index has provided access to works by notable figures such as bell hooks, Angela Davis, and Judith Butler.