Guides and databases: Philosophy: Journals and E-journals

Types of periodical publications

Academic (or scholarly) journals are 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 to ensure the information in them is accurate. An example of an academic journal is the Journal of Philosophy.

Magazines are aimed at a more general audience than academic journals and can include opinions and news items too. An example of a magazine is the London Review of Books.

Newspapers are published on a daily or weekly basis, the focus of these is on news items. An example of a newspaper is The Guardian.

Key journals in Philosophy

Key bibliographies in Philosophy

If you need to go beyond what UCL holds and conduct a more comprehensive search of what has been published, use these key bibliographies:

Oxford Bibliographies
UCL has access to the African Studies, American Literature, Anthropology, Architecture Planning & Preservation, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, British and Irish Literature, Childhood Studies, Chinese Studies, Cinema & Media Studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Ecology, Education, Evolutionary Biology, Geography, International Law, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Literary & Critical Theory, Medieval Studies, Military History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Renaissance & Reformation, Sociology, Urban Studies and Victorian Literature modules. Accessibility statement for Oxford Bibliographies Online.
Philosopher's Index
Covering literature from 1940 and monitoring over 1,400 journals from 80 countries, Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy.
PhilPapers
PhilPapers is an index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by philosophers. PhilPapers monitors research content in philosophy, including journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics. It also hosts the largest open access archive in philosophy.

FindIt@UCL

Where 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.

Managing the journals you read: Browzine

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.