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Used to disseminate scholarly information that relates to a particular academic discipline. They are aimed at researchers and are often peer-reviewed, which means that articles are evaluated by experts in the field before publication to ensure the information in them is accurate and well presented. An example of academic journal is Art History.
Generally printed on glossy paper (but can also be available online), they are aimed at a more general audience than academic journals and can include opinions and news items too. An example of magazine is Artforum.
Published on a daily basis, the focus of these is on news items. They can also include a broad range of arts and cultural commentary and reviews. An example of a newspaper is The Guardian.
Usually published by a special group, learned society or professional organisation and aimed at people working in a specific industry. An example of trade publication is Screen International.
The library subscribes to many periodicals and magazines covering all periods in art history, ranging from academic, peer reviewed e-journals to ephemeral print titles, current copies of which you can find on the shelves in the Main Library. Older copies of print journals may be requested from Stores.
Browse a full list of visual arts journals in Explore.
Some of the key titles available to read online include:
Newspapers are a good source of information for art, such as historical and current exhibition reviews, artists' interviews and commentary.
You can browse a list of all the newspapers to which UCL subscribes, but some recommended archives and databases are:
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. The Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2004 provides more than 100 years of the Daily Mail newspaper online. As well as the regular edition of the newspaper, the Daily Mail Historical Archive also includes the Daily Mail Atlantic Edition, which was published on board the transatlantic liners that sailed between New York and Southampton between 1923 and 1931. Accessibility statement for Daily Mail Historical Archive.
Access for UCL students and staff only. Database of news and company information (formerly provided as LexisNexis 'Executive').
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Comprises the complete archive from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957—all digitized from originals in full colour
Search the historical archive of The Guardian, The Observer, The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times, The South China Morning Post, The Korea Times, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of India and 31 major American newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and the Chinese Newspapers collection. Click on 'Change Databases' and scroll down to see which titles are selected for searching
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Full text of The Times (London) newspaper from 1785-2019. Full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page.
You can search for journal titles and journal articles in Explore.
You can also search, or browse, a comprehensive list of online journals available at UCL. A link to this list is at the top of the Explore home screen.
If you're using one of our databases to find journal articles, you might not be able to read the article within the database itself. If you see the Findit@UCL icon, click on it to link to the full-text
Sometimes you will see a link to the publisher's site. Unless the article is open access, you might find that you can't reach the full-text.
Clicking on the Findit@UCL link instead will link you to the full-text via UCL's subscription access, if available.
If you're using Google Scholar you can set up the Library Links feature so that it will display a findit@UCL link to help show you which articles are available via UCL subscriptions.
UCL subscribes to Browzine, a resource that allows you to organise UCL's academic journals in a browsable format, displayed on virtual bookshelves. Browzine is a great tool to help stay up to date with new content, and bookmark articles that you want to read in the future.
If you know the title of the article you need, you can enter it directly in the Explore search box. If UCL has online access to the article, it will appear in your results list. You can also search for article titles in UCL's databases.
