Library guides: Islamic studies: Articles and journals

Articles and journals

Key journals: Scholarly peer-reviewed

The Muslim world : a quarterly review of history, culture, religions & the christian mission in Islamdom
Dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of scholarly research on Islam and Muslim societies and on historical and current aspects of Christian-Muslim relations.
Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies
A refereed, academic journal covering in principle all aspects of Arabic and Islamic studies.
Journal of Islamic studies
A multi-disciplinary publication dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Islam and of the Islamic world, with a focus on works dealing with history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, literature, religion, philosophy, international relations, environmental and developmental issues, as well as ethical questions related to scientific research
International journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern finance and management
Provides a central repository for research in the field, bridging the interests of scholars and practitioners and bringing the results of research and product development to the attention of the international financial and business management community.
Arab media and society
Covers television and all forms of media and their interaction with society-at-large, from politics and business to culture and religion, as well as the way in which Arab media change resonates in the broader Muslim world.

Helpful databases

JSTOR
JSTOR is a fully-searchable database of academic journals, books, and primary sources in a wide variety of subject areas, focusing on the arts, humanities, social sciences and life sciences.

JSTOR is a fully-searchable database containing ebooks, and current and back issues of scholarly journals in a wide variety of subject areas, concentrated in the arts, social sciences and humanities. JSTOR offers access to various discrete subject-based collections.
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Project MUSE
A full-text journal database which draws its content primarily from journals published by the American Universities. Disciplinary coverage of the journals is wide but focused in the arts and social sciences covering such disciplines as Asian studies, economics, film, theatre and the performing arts, history (including the history of science and medicine), literary studies, music, philosophy and political science.

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Arts and Humanities Citation Index (via Clarivate Analytics)
Arts and Humanities Citation Index is one of the citation index databases that make up the Web of Science database. It is a multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Literature coverage is restricted to journal articles.
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Informit Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
Access journals and other publications for the arts, communication, education, history, linguistics, politics and more.

Covers Agriculture, Arts, Asian Studies, Business, Cultural Studies, Education, Health, Medicine, History, Indigenous Studies, Law, Media, Political Science, Reference, Social Sciences, Science and Technology. NOTE: Coverage - 1940 to present.
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Key journal databases

Religion Database
This database provides focused coverage of religious issues and perspectives with publications in religious news and information; commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion and formal theological studies.

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Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (via Informit)
Covers all aspects of Australian immigration and multicultural issues, including immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education, migrant health, welfare and social services, access and equity, settlement services, refugees, population studies, and aboriginal studies. NOTE: Coverage - 1988 to present.

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History Compass (via Wiley)
History Compass publishes peer-reviewed surveys of the most important research and current thinking from across the entire discipline. The journal explores all branches of historical scholarship.

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SAGE Journals Online
Access journals for all disciplines from SAGE Publications.

Provides online access to the full text of individual SAGE journals. Griffith University subscribes to the SAGE Premier package, which gives access to most, though not all, of the journals on SAGE Journals Online. SAGE's publishing focus is mainly the social sciences and humanities.
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Gale Academic OneFile
Gale Academic OneFile is a premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources across a wide range of subjects.

With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find relevant information quickly.
Gale Academic OneFile also offers videos, podcasts and transcripts, and full-text of The Times, Financial Times and The Economist from 1998 to the present and the New York Times from 1985 to the present.

Gale Academic OneFile includes the Gale database Expanded Academic ASAP as a subset. In July 2019 this subset (Expanded Academic ASAP) was rebranded as Gale Academic OneFile Select.

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Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APA-FT) (via Informit)
Access periodicals, newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books for the social sciences and humanities.

Provides access to journal articles in the social sciences and humanities. Source documents include a wide range of periodicals, newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books. NOTE: Coverage - articles, 1995 to present ; index, 1978 to present.
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