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Academic 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 before publication to ensure the information in them is accurate and well presented.
On this page you will find lists of key journals for:
UCL Library Services provides access to both online and print academic journals. You can search for more journal titles and journal articles in Explore.
You can search, or browse online journals available to UCL students and staff.
More advanced searching for academic journal articles is done using databases.
Published on a daily basis, the focus of newspapers is news items. They are typically wide in scope. An example of newspaper is The Guardian.
You can access newspapers at UCL by:
Some newspapers are available in print or on microfilm. Back issues are kept at Stores and you can request them in Explore.
SSEES Library provides online access to many historic and current newspapers from Central and Eastern Europe. Examples include The Moscow times, Vesti Respubliki. At SSEES Library, the current year issues of print newspapers are found in the Current Periodicals section on the Lower Ground floor.
Trade publications are usually published by a special group, learned society or professional organisation and aimed at people working in a specific industry. An example of a trade publication is Slavic & East European Information Resources.
At the IOE Library, trade publications include journals aimed specifically at young people, such as those published by Philip Allan.
Magazine are 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 the Times Educational Supplement.
UCL Library Services has a number of print and online magazines. You can search for magazine titles in Explore.
At SSEES Library, printed magazines are held in the Periodicals section on the Lower Ground floor of the library. Examples include Ogonek, Polityka, Élet és irodalom: irodalmi és politikai hetilap.
More key journals in Education can be found in the Education (Theory and Practice) subject guide.
Check out our Explore guide to find out more about how to use Explore for your research.
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.
