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British Periodicals Collections I and II

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The British Periodicals Collections I and II have been purchased by JISC Collections and are available free of charge to UK Higher and Further Education institutions and Research Councils. Institutions now have free online access to nearly 6.1 million pages from over 460 journals published from the 1681 to the 1937 covering subjects such as archaeology, architecture, art, the fine arts, drama, history, literature, music, philosophy, science and the social sciences. An access fee may apply after 31/05/2013.

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Subject Areas

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Science, Engineering and Technology
  • Social Sciences

Subject areas supported by British Periodicals include Literature, History, Fine Art, Architecture, Archaeology, Music, Drama, Women's Studies, Popular Culture, Philosophy and History of Science.

Academic Levels

  • Undergraduate
  • Postgraduate
  • Research

Resource Types

  • archive only resources
  • research materials

This resource is part of our UK National Academic Archive.

Further information

This resource is never updated.

Content from journals included in British Periodicals ranges from 1681 to 1939.

British Periodicals I & II are closed collections which will not have content updates.

Testimonials, Case Studies or User Reviews:

"Scanned from microfilm, the collections comprise page images available in multiple formats (PDF, TIFF, or grayscale JPG) to make downloading, printing and viewing easier... In addition to a basic search box on every page, advanced article search pages are identical for both collections and allow for very precise searching by keywords in citations, full text, or combination, or keywords in title; and browsing by author, journal title, journal editor, or journal subject... These impressive, unique collections will be true assets for any historical collection. They offer excellent searching capabilities, metadata, and access points."
- S. Markgren (Purchase College, SUNY), for CHOICE magazine, April 2008.

Additional content:

British Periodicals is fully cross-searchable with the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals online. The Wellesley Index identifies the authors of articles within 45 major Victorian Periodicals, and provides a bibliography for each contributor. It incorporates the Curran Index of corrections and additions to the original index. Additional subscription fees are applicable for this content.