Specific Journals
Journals Selected By Museum Studies Faculty
- American ArchivistIndexed in Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Archival IssuesCoverage: 1992-Present
- Archival ScienceCoverage: 2001-Present
- Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists)Coverage: 1975-Present
- Archives and Manuscripts (Australian Society of Archivists)Coverage: 2012-Present
- Code4Lib JournalCoverage: 2007-Present
- Collection forumIndexed in AATA 1988-2006
- CRMknown as "Journal of Heritage Stewardship"
Indexed in AATA (1999-2001, 2003-2004, 2006)
Indexed in WILSON OMNIFILE (2005-2006) - CuratorIn the JHU collection
known as "Curator: The Museum Journal" and "Curator: A Quarterly Publication of the American Museum of Natural History"
Indexed in ART ABSTRACTS - DaedalusIn the JHU Collection
- ExhibitionistIn the JHU Collection
from the National Association for Museum Exhibition. View table of contents and selected articles are available for downloading. - Heritage 365formerly "Museum Development"
- History newsIn the JHU collection
- ICOM educationICOM Education is the official CECA (The Committee for Education and Cultural Action) journal. (CECA) is one of the oldest International Committees of the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- International journal of cultural propertyIndexed in AATA (1998-2000, 2002, 2005-2007)
Indexed in ABI/INFORM GLOBAL (2001-current)
Indexed in SCOPUS (1992-1997)
Indexed in WILSON INDEX TO LEGAL PERIODICALS & BOOKS (2000-2008) - International journal of heritage studiesIndexed in ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER (2000-present)
- Journal of Archival OrganizationCoverage: 2002-Present
- Journal of Contemporary Archival StudiesCoverage: 2015-Present
- Journal of cultural heritageIndexed in AATA (2000-2003, 2006-2007)
Indexed in ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER (2002-present)
Indexed in SCOPUS (2000-2008) - Journal of Digital Media ManagementFull text in Metapress Henry Stewart Publications (from 2013 volume 2, issue 1)
- Journal of heritage tourism (U.K.)Link to publisher site
Can see content; full-text not available - Museformerly "CMA Gazette"
- MuseumFormerly Museum News
Articles From 1999 - present available to members on the AAM website
A few issues In the JHU collection
Indexed in ART ABSTRACTS (1984-2007)
Indexed in SCOPUS (from 1987 to 1995, from 1998 to 2006) - Museum and society (U.K.)formerly "New Research in Museum Studies"
Indexed in ART ABSTRACTS - Museum anthropologyIn the online catalog see the Electronic version lists on the right
- Museum anthropology reviewLink is to the publisher's site
Open source journal - Museum internationalIn the JHU collection
formerly "Museum"
Indexed in ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
Indexed in ART ABSTRACTS
Index in SCOPUS (from 1993 to 1996, from 1998 to 2006 ) - Museum management and curatorship (U.K.)In the JHU collection
formerly "International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship"
Indexed in ART ABSTRACTS
Indexed in SCOPUS (from 1982 to 1994, from 1996 to 2001, from 2005 to 2008) - Museum practice (U.K.)Link is to the publisher's site
Full-text not freely availalble
Indexed in BMUSE - Museums and social issuesFirst issue Spring 2006
Link is to publisher's site. Can view content but full-text not freely available - Museums journalIndexed in ART ABSTRACTS
Indexed in SCOPUS (from 1967 to 1970, from 1972 to 1998, 2000, from 2002 to 2006, 2008 ) - Museum WorldsFull text available from Berghahn Journals
- Public historianIn the JHU collection
Indexed in SCOPUS (from 1979, 1981, 1984, from 1986 to 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007) - RBM: a journal of rare books, manuscripts, and cultural heritageCoverage: 2000-Present
- Studies in conservation (U.K.)In the JHU Collection
Full-text in JSTOR database 1952-2003
SCOPUS 1996-2008 - Visitor studiesLink is to publisher's site
Does not appear to be freely available
Go to our database, Ulrich's
- Type the journal TITLE in as a phrase; that is, surrounded by quotation marks
- In the list, click on the journal title.
- If the journal is peer-reviewed (they called it “refereed,” like in sports), you will see a little black icon (mouse over it and it will say "Refereed")
- Can also click on the record and look for the Abstracting & Indexing Tab to see what databases cover this title and the years covered.
The A-Z tab includes journals of significance in the Museum Studies field that are available from the library's resources or on the open Web. Many of these publications were listed in a seminal article by Douglass A. Bassett (1992) titled "Museum Publications: A Descriptive and Bibliographic Guide." Bassett's article is available in John M.A. Thompson's (editor) Manual of Curatorship (pp. 590-622).
The following article also gives insight to the state of the journal literature in the Museum Studies field. East, John W. (2008). Searching the Museum Studies Journal Literature. Curator v. 51 no. 3 (July 2008) p. 311-17. [Note, may need your JHED information to retrieve]
Teasdale, R. M., & Fruin, C. (2017). The Museum Studies Literature: Revisiting Traditional Methods of Discovery and Access, Exploring Alternatives, and Leveraging Open Access to Advance the Field. Curator: The Museum Journal, 60(4), 489-503. [Note, you may need your JHED information to retrieve]
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If the title is in the JHU collection, click the title for more information about indexing and availability of the full-text. For some titles not in the JHU collection, there is indication of the database that indexes the title. Click on the 'Research Tools" tab on rhe left menu and choose articles to search the recommended databases.