Archives and Records deals with matters of interest to archivists, archive conservators and records managers, as well as to all involved in the study and interpretation of archives. Published on behalf of the Archives and Records Association, the journal deals with the very latest developments in these fields, including the challenges and opportunities presented by new media and information technology. It aims to represent current professional practices and research (Provided by Publisher).
Records Management Journal provides research and contemporary practice on the people, process and systems/technology aspects of managing records and information in organizations (Provided by Publisher).
Journal of Academic Librarianship
The Journal of Academic Librarianship (JAL), an international and refereed journal, publishes articles that focus on problems and issues germane to college and university libraries. JAL also provides a forum for authors to present research findings and their practical applications and significance; analyse policies, practices, issues, and trends and speculate about the future of academic librarianship.
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This journal publishes peer-reviewed articles relating to Information and Library Science. This is a key resource for anyone researching matters relating to information behaviour, knowledge management and organisation, digital literacy, and information retrieval.
The University of Manchester Library provides access to content from this journal across a range of platforms spanning from the first issue in 1945 right up to the present day.
Search for journal articles using Library Search (you can do keyword searches for either the title of a journal or an article).
Relevant journals relating to Library and Archive Studies
The above list comprises suggestions from academic staff and a selection of high-ranking titles relating to 'Library and Information Sciences' based on Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) ranking (sourced using Scopus). For more information on the SNIP ranking metric, please visit Elsevier's Measuring a Journal's Impact page.
You can also browse a selection of the Library and Archive Studies journals we subscribe to using Browzine.
Google Scholar can be a useful tool to use when searching for journal articles. However, it's important to be aware that Google Scholar will return results for articles, journals and other resources that the Library doesn't necessarily subscribe to and which you might not have free access to as a student at the University of Manchester.
In order to make it easier to identify and access content provided by the Library when searching Google (and without having to visit Library Search), we recommend that you download Library Access. This is a useful browser extension that will pop-up and notify you when you are on a journal or website that the Library has a subscription for.
If you are unable to access an article that you need, fill in the Order an Article form and we will get it for you.
University staff should use the Order an Article (Staff) form.
