Journals holdings

 

There are a number of different ways to check whether the Library holds the journals that you are looking for:

 

Computer catalogue

Journals available in the Book Library can be found in Library's computer catalogue. Search under the Browse option, selecting Title from the drop down menu.

 

Card catalogue

Pre-1992 journals are also listed by title in the main author sequence of the card catalogue.

 

Finding list

A finding list of all journals in the Library's collection is kept at the Issue Desk and in the Periodicals Hall.  This also serves as a guide to the order in which journals are shelved in the Periodicals Hall.

 

Locating journals

 

Journals are located in the Periodicals Hall and are shelved alphabetically by title.

 

N.B. Titles that begin with Bulletin or Journal will usually be filed under the next word in the title, e.g. Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art or Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes (exceptions include Bollettino d'Arte and Bulletin Monumental).

 

Oversize Journals

These are also located in the Periodicals Hall, beginning at the end of the main sequence and carrying on at the back of the Periodicals Hall, before the Sales Catalogues.

 

Journals are not normally loaned except on an in-house loan, see Guidelines for use.

 

Current journals

 

A selection of current journal titles are displayed below the main staircase. Unbound copies of some titles are kept in the Serials Librarian's office, this will be indicated on the Computer catalogue and you may ask the Librarian on duty to access these titles.

 

Photocopying

 

There are three self-service black and white photocopiers in the Library. Copies cost 5p for A4 and 10p for A3. Certain runs of older journals may not be photocopied due to their fragile nature, e.g. Art Journal (1849-1899), The Magazine of Art (1878-1904), volumes of The Studio, and Gazette des Beaux-Arts. If in doubt, please ask the Librarian on duty.

 

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Searching for journals not held by the Book Library

 

Arlis.net

http://arlis.net/

A "union list" of the art, architecture and design periodicals (or "serials") held by libraries throughout the UK and Ireland. The periodicals database will be linked to a related directory of the art, architecture and design resources contained in some 250 libraries, archives and other collections.

 

University of London — Union List of Serials

http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/ULS/

Enables you to search the periodical holdings of the constituent libraries of the University of London and the University of Westminster.

 

online JOURNALS & resources

 

Electronic journals

There is a list providing links to electronic journals to which the Courtauld Book Library currently subscribes on the Library's web pages, see Online journals.

 

Art Abstracts & Art Full Text

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ArtBibliographies Modern

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Bibliography of the History of Art

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N.B. The Courtauld Institute Book Library does not hold every journal indexed in Art Abstracts & Art Full Text, ArtBibliographies Modern or the Bibliography of the History of Art.