Guides and databases: Business, Management, Entrepreneurship and Finance: Journals and e-journals

Types of periodical publications

Academic (or scholarly) journals: 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 the Academy of Management Review.

Magazines: 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 Harvard Business Review.

Newspapers: published on a daily basis, the focus of these is on news items. They can include a section on education, but are wide in scope. An example of newspaper is The Financial Times.

Trade publications: 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 Adweek.

Key academic journals in your subject area

The following are all examples of peer-reviewed, academic journals. They all contain scholarly literature of a high academic standard. These are not all the scholarly journals that UCL subscribes to. UCL's journal collection is vast and so be sure to do a journal title search on Explore to find other important journals.

Non-academic sources in your subject area

The following are all examples of non-academic sources. They are either magazines or trade publications in the areas of business and management. These publications have not been peer-reviewed and tend to be opinion-led publications or publications associated with a particular industry. These are not all the business magazines or trade publications that UCL subscribes to. UCL provides online access to other non-academic periodical titles and so be sure to do a title search in Explore to find further, similar titles.

Finding a journal in Explore

Find a journal in Explore

Search Explore

Check out our Explore guide to find out more about how to use Explore for your research.

Explore guide

Find a journal article in Explore

Find a journal article in Explore

Finding the full-text

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.

Can't find full-text?

UCL has an amazing collection of e-resources, but no library can have full-text access to everything. If you identify a piece of information that would be beneficial to your research, the library will try and source a copy for you via the Inter Library Loans service.You can make a request by logging into UCL Explore and then clicking on the three dots 'show more' menu to access the Inter Library Loan Request form.

Inter library loans