If you have found an article on the website for The Atlantic that you would like to read, you can use the library’s databases to read the full text. 

Find web edition articles from The Atlantic

Access World News from NewsBank is the best place to look for articles that were published at the Atlantic website (theatlantic.com) but not in the print version of the magazine. Coverage in this source goes back to 2006. Academic Search Complete from EBSCO also has web edition articles, but only those published since September 2024.

• Atlantic Web Edition via Access World News (2006 - present)
• Atlantic Web Edition via Academic Search Complete (2024 - present)

Find print edition articles from The Atlantic

We have several ways to access the print edition of The Atlantic, often referred to as Atlantic Monthly.

Academic Search Complete provides coverage in PDF and HTML of articles going back to 1993. The Atlantic Archive provides PDF versions of the entire magazine, including advertisements, from 1857 to 2014. And a digital magazine (cover-to-cover) version can be found at Flipster, with coverage going back to May 2014. Note that a mobile app is available for Fiipster.

• Atlantic Monthly Print Edition via Academic Search Complete (1993 - present)
• Atlantic Monthly Print Edition via The Atlantic Archive (1857 - 2014)
• Atlantic Monthly Print Edition digital magazine version via Flipster (2014 - present)

The Atlantic in OneSearch

We do not recommend using OneSearch to find articles from The Atlantic.

• Web edition articles do not appear in search results in OneSearch. 
• You can often find print edition articles from The Atlantic in OneSearch. However, OneSearch links to magazine articles are not as reliable as those leading to scholarly articles. So it's better to start your search in one of the sources listed above.