Categories | Subject Index, Political Science, Social Sciences, Leftist, Radical |
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Frequency | Switched from quarterly to biannually in volume 38 |
Format | |
Publisher | Alternative Press Center, Inc |
Founded | 1969 |
Country | USA |
Based in | Maryland |
Website | https://www.altpress.org/ |
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.
The Alternative Press Center produces the Alternative Press Index. [5]