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Journals

American Archivist
The American Archivist is the leading publication in the archives field.The journal seeks to reflect thinking about theoretical and practical developments in the archival profession, particularly in North America; about the relationships between archivists and the creators and users of archives; and about cultural, social, legal, and technological developments that affect the nature of recorded information and the need to create and maintain it.
Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
A multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the discussion of all aspects of handling, preserving, researching, and organizing collections.
Curator: the Museum Journal
Presents information on the policies in museum administration, research, exhibition development, visitor studies, conservation, education, collection management and other subjects of current concern to the community.
Journal of Museum Education
The Journal of Museum Education (JME) is the premier peer-reviewed publication exploring and reporting on theory, training, and practice in the museum education field.
Museum
Museum, the Alliance’s award-winning magazine, addresses the issues and challenges facing museums today, and is a must-read for those who work for museums and those who love them.
Museum Management and Curatorship
Museum Management and Curatorship (MMC) is a peer-reviewed, international journal for museum professionals, scholars, students, educators and consultants that examines current issues in depth, and provides up-to-date research, analysis and commentary on developments in museum practice.
Museum and Society
An open access, independent, peer-reviewed journal which publishes new writing and research by professionals about museums in their social contexts. International in scope.

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The T&F Social Science & Humanities Library provides access to over 900 must-have online journals from Routledge, the pioneering social science and humanities publisher, and Psychology Press.
Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) This link opens in a new window
The OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) is a full text searchable database of electronic journal articles from more than 11,000 academic journals from top scholarly publishers, academic societies and university presses. The EJC covers a wide range of disciplines and contains just published scientific research as well as historical journal articles. New articles are added daily.

AATA Online
A free research database containing abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. It has been managed and published by the Getty since 1983.

What is a scholarly journal article?

The information below shows you how to find scholarly resources and other ways to help identify if an article is considered scholarly (also known as peer-reviewed).

Databases
Check the peer-reviewed option on the search page
Audience
Written for scholars, schools or students
Authorship
Written by experts or researchers
Content
Reports, conference proceedings, research
Credit
Contains references, citations
Editors
Previewed or peer-reviewed
Layout
Simple, no ads
Publisher
Scholarly, professional group, institution

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