The Journal Collection at the Caird Library

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Location	National Maritime Museum

09 May 2013

Journals also known as periodicals are found in the library catalogue at the Caird Library & Archive

The Caird Library has over 125 current subscriptions that range over a wide subject area including scholarly and special interest journals and publications.

They include: Art - British Art Journal, Art Monthly, The Art Newspaper; Astronomy - Astronomy and Geophysics, Sky and Telescope; Horology - Horological Journal, British Sundial Society; Economics - Economic History Review and Maritime - Journal of Maritime History. There are a large number of publications on boats and ships, modern and historical vessels (Ships Monthly, Shipping Today and Yesterday, Sea History), as well as from both merchant and Royal Navy backgrounds (Warships, Warship World, Warships : International Fleet Review).

Are you a sailing enthusiast? For the owners of personal craft for leisure, take a look at: Cruising Monthly, Yachting Monthly or Sailing Today. Do you spend hours on model boat construction? For more tips, Model Boats is the journal that specialises in this detailed work. Antique hunter? Antiques Trade Gazette and Antique Collecting will help narrow down the hunt. Researching your family tree? Family Tree, Your Family History and Who Do You Think You Are provides unlimited tips and tricks.

Many of the journals we subscribe to, such as the English Historical Review and the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History boast impressive editorial boards consisting of some of the most well respected academics and professors working at top academic institutions in this country, and around the globe.

We also hold significant collections of journals for which we have no current subscription (e.g.: we no longer subscribe to a number of archaeology journals, as the museum no longer has an archaeology department); or those which are no longer published. However, the journals are kept for reference and much of the material published in them is still relevant.

Most of the journals we subscribe to as well as relevant historical collections are stored onsite and must be ordered and retrieved by staff, however we also display the current issues of over 75 journals in the quiet study area of the reading room, which are available for any reader to pick up and leaf through.

Search the library online catalogue for any of these journals by title or subject. We welcome any suggestions for new subscriptions – if you know of a journal you feel fits in well with the research aims of the museum or is simply of general maritime interest, please do let us know so we can consider it for our collection. We look forward to hearing from you!