Alternative Press Index (index) explained

Alternative Press Index
Category:Subject Index, Political Science, Social Sciences, Leftist, Radical
Frequency:Switched from quarterly to biannually in volume 38
Format:Print
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.

Notes and References

  1. “Alternative Press Index.” http://www.altpress.org/mod/pages/display/8/index.php?menu=pubs
  2. Macodrum Library. "Alternative Press Index." Carleton Universityhttps://library.carleton.ca/find/databases/alternative-press-index
  3. “Alternative Press Index.” COPPUL. https://coppul.ca/resources/1125
  4. “Alternative Press Index.” University of Connecticut. https://rdl.lib.uconn.edu/databases/1029