Databases to find magazines:

Expanded Academic ASAP 
ABI/Inform 
LexisNexis  

For more information: 

Magazines for Human Development & Community Service 

Magazines contain current information of a general nature. They are written for a broad audience and often contain reports of scholarly studies or findings.

If you find such a report in a magazine, you can use the library databases to locate the original study.

EXAMPLE: Lopez, S. (2000). The Battle of Downtown: If Your Town Hasn't Been Done in by Sprawl, Two in Iowa Show How to Keep a Sense of Place. Time, p. 52.