Periodicals: a guide to resources

A list of freely available online resources for tracing periodical titles and articles. The main emphasis is on arts and humanities; some resources include all subjects.

British Library resources
CD-ROMs and online resources
Internet resources
Union lists

British Library resources

CD-ROMs and online resources

Internet resources (including free electronic journals)

DigiZeitschriften: a German digital journal archive. The database may be searched free of charge and some titles are offered on free open access.
Directory of Open Access Journals: free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
Electronic Journals Library: English language interface of the Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB), a service to facilitate the use of scholarly journals on the internet. Includes some full text journals.
Galactic Central: Fiction magazine lists and genre author bibliographies
ICAAP Journals: List of free scholarly journals and resources.
JournalTOCs: the largest, free collection of scholarly journal Tables of Contents
Life magazine archive: Google Books provides free online access to all issues of Life from 1936-1972.
LookSmart's FindArticles: free, searchable collection of full-text articles.
MagPortal: free, searchable collection of full-text articles.
Nineteenth Century in Print: free access to 23 influential popular North American periodicals and magazines from the 19th century.
Nineteenth Century Serials Edition: free online edition of six 19th-century periodicals and newspapers. Beta version.
Newspaper, Journalism and Media Internet resources: British Library Newspapers web page.
Open Humanities Press: Journals: leading open access publications in critical and cultural theory.
Retrospektive Digitalisierung wissenschaftlicher Rezensionsorgane und Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem deutschen Sprachraum: when complete, this will provide access to 161 full-text journals.
SocioSite Electronic Journals and Magazines: includes some free full text journals, also links to free tables of contents and short abstracts.
TicTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service provided by JISC
Time archive 1923 to the present.
Welsh Journals Online provides free access to scholarship from Wales. Beta version.

Union lists

ABTAPL: philosophy, theology & religious studies periodicals in 45 UK institutions
arlis.net: art & design periodicals held by 80+ libraries in UK and Ireland
Cambridge union list of serials: 100,000+ periodicals in University and 100 contributing libraries
SALSER: periodicals catalogue for Scottish academic and research libraries
SUNCAT: pilot serials union catalogue for the UK
University of London union list of serials: periodicals in libraries of university and Westminster
US Newspaper Holdings in UK and Irish Libraries: British Association for American Studies
Westminster Union List of Periodicals (WULOP): in Westminster Libraries & Archives
ZDB (Zeitschriftendatenbank): union list of periodicals in 4000 German (& some foreign libraries)