• December 21, 2004

Time magazine has announced that it will make its full archive of articles, dating back to its inaugural issue in March 1923, available to its subscribers. The archive will provide access to over 266,000 articles at Time.com.

To facilitate the searching process, Time's editors have grouped thousands of articles by popular categories, such as "Person of the Year," "The British Royals," "Love and Sex," "Health Issues," "World War II," etc. Time will add new collections or additional topics based on feedback from archive users.

In addition to the category article search, the archive also includes unique search features, including a Time covers archive, a "Find Your Birthday Cover" function that allows users to view the cover that was featured on the day they were born, and "First Mentions"--which lists when famous people were first discussed in the magazine.

The new feature will also be interactive, as users can send queries to archive editors.

--Michael Shields