Academic journals

Contain articles written by researchers, academics and experts. Also known as scholarly or peer reviewed journals.

Search for articles via:

Journal titles Targeted search in one publication.

Databases Controlled search through many publications.

Searches ARU Library subscribed database content. Filter for Peer Reviewed Journals.

Google Scholar searches subscribed and non subscribed database content and book previews.

Access denied? Don't pay fees for unsubscribed articles. Use the Interlibrary Loan service.

Trade journals and magazines

Contain articles written by journalists, practitioners or professionals in an industry.

Find print copies on the 1st floor in Cambridge library.

These items can only be read in the library, or you can scan pages to your email for free. Alternatively if you know the article details, find the issue through Library Search and Click on Scan and Deliver to be sent a pdf to your email.

Need help?

Contact the library for general queries. If you need guidance on finding information and using resources in this guide you'll be directed to Jolene Cushion your Subject Librarian. You can also book a 30 minute appointment with Jolene.

Academic journal titles list

These are a few of the journals we subscribe too, there are many more accessible through databases and the library website.

You can also access these through Browzine, academic journal browsing platform. Here you can see all the subscriptions we have by subject area and easily browse issues. We only have partial subscriptions to some but if you follow links you will be able to get an Interlibrary Loan for those articles we don't subscribe to.

Film

Film Criticism | Film Matters | Film Quarterly | The Journal of Popular Film and Television | Journal of Screenwriting | New Review of Film and Television Studies | Screen | Studies in Documentary Film | Journal of Cinema and Media Studies | The Velvet Light Trap | BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies | Film-Philosophy | Alphaville

Television

The Journal of Popular Film and Television | Journal of Popular Television | Journal of Screenwriting | New Review of Film and Television Studies | Screen | Television and New Media | Critical Studies in Television

Media and Cultural Studies

Celebrity Studies | Feminist Media Studies | Journal of Visual Culture | Cultural Studies | European Journal of Cultural Studies | Global Media and Communication | International Journal of Cultural Studies | Journal of Visual Culture | Media, Culture and Society | New Media and Society | International Journal of Communication | Communication Research | Media and Communication | Women: A Cultural Review | Critical Inquiry

Digital Media

 E-Learning and Digital Media | New Media and Society | Online Social Networks and Media | Mobile Media & Communication | Multimedia Tools and Applications | Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation | Multimedia Systems | Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds | Visual Communication  | Virtual Reality | Social Media + Society | Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies | Leonardo Also see subject guides for Music, Computer Games, Photography and Visual Communication, depending on your interest. 

Trade journals and magazines list

Online

American Cinematographer | Broadcast | Cineaste | Cineforum| Sight and Sound | Variety | Vertigo (archive) | View: Journal of European Television, History and Culture | 3DWorld | Creative Review (older issues only) | Wired (US version)

Libby App

App over 4k magazines (english and other languages). Includes Empire, Variety, SFX, Total Film, 3D World, Edge and Wired.

You can register using the Libby App or the Libby App website

• Say Yes to do you have a library card?
• In Search for a Library - type in and select Anglia Ruskin University
• Click on Sign in with my card to get to your ARU log.
• You can now access and borrow the content.

Print

Media and Film: Broadcast | Empire | Sight and Sound

Art/Digital Media:  Animation | Creative Review | Juxtapoz | Wired (UK)