English & Comparative Literature Research Guide: Journal Research

Research & Identify Journals in a Discipline or Subject 

1. How to Find Which Journals Cover Your Subject or Discipline

• Search Ulrichs Web Global Serials Directory 

Search Examples:    Prose         Nonfiction       Rhetoric and Composition

Ulrichs Web includes approximately 250,000 regularly and irregularly published journals, magazines, newspapers, and full-text electronic resources from more than 200 countries. Search/browse by title, keyword, subject, ISSN or publisher; highlights of new, changed, and ceased titles.

2. How to Find out Where a Journal Is Indexed?

Use one of the databases below:

MLA International Bibliography
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Scopus via the Pollak Library & Scopus via Elsevier Webiste

3. Ways to Find or Research a Specific Journal 
 

• Conduct a Journal Title Search via OneSearch 

Example: Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies.

The results screen will provide links to JSTOR, Project Muse, and other databases that include this journal.
 

• Search MLA Directory of Periodicals     

Access MLA International Bibliography & MLA Directory of Periodicals
 

• Search Ulrichs Web Global Serials Directory 
   
• Google the Name of a Journal to locate Journal Website 

Example: Shaw: The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies ​​​​​​​