Finding Journal Articles
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles are one of the best sources of information for academic assignments.
Most journals are online. Some art journals remain in magazine/ hard copy format.
Library Databases hold Journals which contain thousands of Journal Articles.
Journal articles tend to be smaller in length (1-25 pages) and more specific studies or examples than eBooks/books.
You can go to a specific database and use the search capabilities it offers to really refine your search.
See A-Z databases > Subject
It is rare to search via a Journal Title itself, but they are great way to browse and discover unexpected work.
Indexes are a type of Database.
Some Journals and Databases are listed below.
Key Databases
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AustLit This link opens in a new windowCovers Australian literature and storytelling, with biographical and bibliographical information, full text, exhibitions and rich online content.
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Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
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Australian Book Review (ABR) This link opens in a new windowOne of Australia’s leading cultural magazines and covers all the Arts with extended reviews of new Films, Plays, Operas, Concerts, Dance, Festivals, and Art Exhibitions..
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Bloomsbury Collections This link opens in a new windowContains eBook collections across the humanities and social sciences including nearly 11,000 titles, featuring content from Bloomsbury’s, Continuum, T&T Clark, Bristol Classical Press, Berg, The Arden Shakespeare and Hart Publishing.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Contains a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of Art, Business and Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Medicine and Allied Health, Science and Mathematics, and Social Sciences.
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Literature & Culture Collection This link opens in a new windowAn essential reference database for academic, school and public libraries and for teachers and students of literary studies, cultural studies and creative writing courses.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new windowPromotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide.
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Trove (National Library of Australia) This link opens in a new windowA great resource of Australian material, covering a wide range of sources, formats and digitised full-text of Australian photographs, magazines and newspapers. It also provides the library location of items held by Australian libraries.
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Drama OnlineOnline access to over 1700 plays by 500 playwrights. Drama, Theatre Studies, Literature, Plays, and more...
Key Journals
A selection of some of the journals available through ECU Library:
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WesterlySince 1956, Westerly has been publishing lively fiction, poetry and articles from throughout the world, with a special emphasis on Australia and the Asian region.
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OverlandOverland, the most radical of Australia’s long-standing literary and cultural magazines, is the only high-profile Australian literary magazine that sees the publication and advancement of new and marginal writers as part of its charter.
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Griffith Review (Griffith University)The Griffith Review is a quarterly publication featuring essays, reportage, memoir, fiction, poetry and artwork from established and emerging writers and artists.
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MeanjinMeanjin reflects the breadth of contemporary thinking, be it on literature, other art forms, or the broader issues of the times.
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SoutherlySoutherly publishes a wide range of poetry and fiction, critical essays and commentaries from writers and scholars all over Australia and New Zealand.
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StorylineThe magazine of the Australian Writers' Guild
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Australian Book ReviewSee the Australian Book Review website for all things book review, plus three writing prizes; Calibre Essay Prize, Peter Porter Poetry Prize & ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
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Poetry AustraliaPrint Journal. Available from Bunbury campus: SA821 POE
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GrantaGranta began in 1889 and published the early work of writers as various as E.M. Forster and A.A. Milne, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Available in print from Bunbury campus.
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IslandJournal of Australian literature. Available online. Print copy available at Bunbury campus 2021-2025