Alternative Press Index (index)

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]

Alternative Press Index

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

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]