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English: Magazines and Journals

mySearch

mySearch is an interface which allows you to search across a range of library resources simultaneously, including books, journal articles and databases.

Why use magazines and journals for your assignments and projects?

Journals and Magazines are an important source of specialist information.

  • Both can be published in print or digitally on the internet (e-journals)
  • They are published daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually which means the information they contain is very up to date.
  • They contain short articles reporting on research and current campaigns and news
  • Journals are usually written by and for University researchers and professionals. The articles are often peer reviewed - meaning that they have been critically reviewed by experts in the field before being published.
  • Magazines are usually aimed at businesses and the general public for current awareness and advertising.

Key English Journals

Some print journals and magazines are on shelves in the library, and their specific locations can be found by using mySearch.

There are many journal and magazines to use for your research. Below are 5 popular online journals to consider.

English: Journal of the English Association
English: Journal of the English Association is dedicated to new developments in English Studies. It publishes work that speaks to the discipline as a whole, including reflections on pedagogy and on the place of English Literature in the world beyond academia.

Essays in Criticism
Essays in Criticism covers the whole field of English Literature from the time of Chaucer to the present day. The journal maintains that originality in interpretation must be allied to the best scholarly standards.

Gender and society
Gender and Society promotes feminist scholarship and the social scientific study of gender. Gender and Society publishes theoretically engaged and methodologically rigorous articles that make original contributions to gender theory. The journal takes a multidisciplinary, intersectional, and global approach to gender analyses.

Journal of Modern Literature
The Journal of Modern Literature remains the most important and widely recognized scholarly serial in the field of modern literature. Each issue emphasizes scholarly studies of literature in all languages, as well as related arts and cultural artifacts, from 1900 to the present.

Literature
Literature is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on literature and cultural studies. It provides an advanced forum for studies related to the literature of all times and places. It publishes reviews, regular research papers, and short communications as well as Special Issues on particular subjects