Ulrich's Global Serials Directory is an excellent source to find detailed information about a particular journal, such as:
- Peer review / refereed
- Open access
- Publishing frequency
- Title history details - date of first issue, name changes and mergers
- Publishing status - active, merged, suspended, ceased, forthcoming
- Publisher info - who & where they are, current editor, other journals they publish
- Content type - academic/scholarly, popular, trade, newsletter, etc
- Format - print, online
- Key features - includes book reviews, bibliographies, back issues available, etc
- Subject coverage of the journal
- Where the journal is indexed
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Ulrich's is an excellent source to discover a range of journals in and across disciplines. This is important when doing a literature review or when considering where to submit an article for publication.
- International in scope
- Includes historic publications that have ceased (important for historic research)
- Filter to
Open Access publications
- Filter to
Peer Review / Refereed publications
- Filter to journals that include a searchable
Table of Contents (ToC)
Remember, the full text of citations found in the ToC may be requested easily using our Interlibrary Loan service!
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Find Ulrich's on the Fleet Library website > Databases A-Z > U for Ulrichs (Off Campus access instructions here)
If you have questions or would like guidance using Ulrich's, contact a librarian at researchhelp@risd.edu