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Looking for a particular issue of a woodworking magazine? Here
are some free search tools to help you out.
WoodIndex
A searchable index of published woodworking articles dating back
to 1994 and updated monthly. The index covers what are probably
the most popular woodworking magazines (a total of 10). They
are: American Woodworker, Family Handyman, Fine Homebuilding,
Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking, ShopNotes, Wood Magazine,
Woodworker's Journal, Woodsmith, and Workbench. Many of the
results link directly to the publisher's 'backissue' section.
Woodworking
Magazine Index
Searchable index of 15,000+ articles in 38 woodworking and DIY
magazines. You can search by magazine titles, categories and /
or by keywords. It pretty much covers all the woodworking and
DIY mags out there, some dating back to the late 1980's. The
results to not link back to the publisher's backissues although
the site does provide links to each publisher's website if one
exists. Note: This application will only find matches if an
article title exactly matches the entered search terms - don't
expect it to behave the way a Google search would for example.
Publisher Provided Free Search Tools
Fine Woodworking Back Issues
This is not a search engine but instead a page that lists the
contents of back issues dating back to the mid-90's. Of course,
you can search the page using the Find feature in your web
browser.
Wood Magazine
Nice search tool with options to search by category and keyword.
The one thing missing is that the results don't link directly to
the back issues.
Popular Woodworking’s Online Magazine Index
Search a description of every article published since 1997. You
can search this data base by keyword, by issue date or by
author. Search results include an abstract of the specific
article matching your search as well as abstracts of other
articles in the same issue.
Woodsmith
A basic search box to locate back issues. The results are nicely
laid out: a blow-up of the feature project followed by
thumbnails and brief descriptions of the other projects in the
issue.
Woodworker's
Journal
Their search tool enables searching for back issues and plans
(Use the "Search Plans" link). Results include a photo and
descriptive paragraph.
For Sale Woodworking Magazine Search Tools Worth Checking
Out
Indy Pictorial
Magazine Search
Indy is an inexpensive program that allows you to search back
issues of woodworking magazines and SEE photos of the actual
projects. Several versions of the program are available. The
bundled WOOD Magazine version includes a pictorial index of all
the articles from Better Homes And Gardens WOOD Magazine. This
is the only bundled version that includes a woodworking mag.
However, there is an unbundled version which allows you to scan
project photos from your own woodworking publications and enter
them into the Indy database. Then you can search your custom
index and view the project photos just like with the bundled
WOOD version.
Woodworker's
Guide
This program allows you to search an index of around 30,000
articles from 26 woodworking magazines using one or more article
title keywords. The index covers most of the popular woodworking
magazines and also includes abstracts from articles from four of
the magazines. A printed version of the index, "The Guide to
Woodworking Plans and Techniques", is also available. Both the
online and printed versions of the index are updated on at least
a yearly basis.
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