University Libraries

Note: This content was updated on April 13, 2022.

University of Dayton students, faculty and staff can now access a variety of popular magazines digitally using the Libraries’ subscription to Flipster, a next-generation magazine service.

With digital access to magazines such as Ebony, Forbes, ScienceNews, Kiplinger’s and more, patrons can read articles at the library or remotely. Magazines can be downloaded to Android phones and tablets, Apple phones and tablets, and Kindle Fire tablets for offline reading anytime, anywhere.

Flipster offers reader-friendly browsing by category; readers also can search for specific periodicals. The online “newsstand” features a carousel of the most recent issues, as well as a carousel of all issues. The table of contents contains links for quick access to articles of interest. Links within magazines are hyperlinked, opening in separate tabs when clicked. In addition, readers can zoom in and out on their computers or mobile devices for better readability.

Scott West, information resources specialist at Roesch Library says, "I downloaded the Flipster app, so now I never miss the latest issues of Rolling Stone, Archaeology, and The New York Review of Books."

How to use Flipster on a computer

1. Visit the Library website at udayton.edu/libraries

2. Click Databases

3. Click F

4. Click Flipster on the alphabetical listing

5. If you are off-campus, login using your University of Dayton credentials

6. Browse for magazines by category on the left sidebar or search for a specific title by entering keywords into the search box at the top of the page

7. Once you click into a title, you can zoom, search, or print by using the options on the right sidebar

How to use the Flipster App

1. Download the Flipster App from the App Store or Google Play

2. Once it is installed, open the App and click Get Started

3. Tap Allow if you would like to enable the app to use your location to suggest libraries near you that offer Flipster. Otherwise, tap Don’t Allow and manually search for University of Dayton

4. Click Login. **You must be within the University of Dayton IP range the first time you connect to the App.

5. At the bottom of the Flipster app you will see three options:

-Explore - View all the subscriptions available to the University of Dayton community.

-My Shelf - View the publications you have downloaded that haven’t expired.

-Read - View the publication that’s currently open to read through it.

Helpful Tips

• Downloaded content is accessible until it expires.  
• Expiration varies from magazine to magazine.
• Borrow one of the library’s Kindle Fires: It comes preloaded with the Flipster app and content.

Titles included in Flipster

• American Craft
• American Poetry Review
• Aperture
• Archaeology
• Art in America
• Arts & Activities
• Atlantic
• Columbia Journalism Review
• Discover
• Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
• Ebony
• Film Comment
• Forbes
• Inc.
• Institutional Investor
• Kiplinger's
• MIT Technology Review
• Modern Painters
• Mother Jones
• National Geographic
• National Review
• New York Review of Books
• Parents
• Rolling Stone
• ScienceNews
• Vogue
• Wired
• Writer's Digest

Looking to browse our print periodical collection?

Roesch Library’s popular periodicals reading area is located on the first floor.

Readers can find current issues of over 80 magazines and newspapers along with varying quantities of back issues stored behind the lift-up display panels.