Antiques and Collectibles
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Magazines and Journals at the Library
- The library owns literally thousands of magazines and newspapers in print, microfiche, microfilm, and electronic formats. These magazines are located in the Reading Room, our Youth Services Department, the Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Department, and our Retrieval Desk at the Main library, as well as at each of our branches.
- Search our catalog for specific titles or browse a more comprehensive A to Z list. Our catalog will tell you the dates we own, the most recent issues we've received, and which locations hold these magazines and newspapers.
- Search our databases for full-text articles and citations from thousands more magazines and newspapers. Check MeL (the Michigan Electronic Library) to find out if a magazine's full-text articles are included in a database. For a list of all magazines included in our databases, either as full-text or as a brief citation, search here.
- Below are links to the catalog for current subscriptions in specific subject areas as well as links to these titles' websites.
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Databases
These subscription databases are openly accessible to all patrons from any of our library locations. Home access is limited to Grand Rapids Public Library cardholders only.
Browse a list of all GRPL Databases
Community Resources
Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors West Michigan Antique Bottle Club - Contact Steve DeBoode (616-667-3214 - grbottleguy@comcast.net)
Michigan Antiques Directory An interactive map allows you to search for antiques businesses throughout the state. Provides addresses, phone numbers, hours, and brief descriptions.
Michigan.org Antiques Directory Provides addresses, phone numbers, and brief descriptions.
Web Resources
Antiques Bulletin Online This site covers auctions, fairs, dealers and services, and much more. Updated weekly.
Antique Marks.com A great site to help identify those antiques and collectibles of yours.
Antiques Roadshow The website for the PBS show, this gives you tour schedules, tips and appraisal advice.
BBC Antiques An easy-to-use homepage that gets you where you want to go, be it buying and selling, expert tips, antiques care, price guides, etc. From a British perspective....
eBay A good place to search to find out what sellers are asking for their items, (and bid on). Site is very easy to use and navigate.
Internet Antiques Guide This site provides news, forums, links to dealers, and a calendar of auctions and antiques fairs.
Kovels.com Another brand name in the antiques business, this website offers news, links and price guide information and their yellow pages.
Price Guides Online Part of the About.com search engine that features human guides, these guides are current and well-chosen.
