Subject Guide: English
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English E-Reference
English Journals
This is not a complete list of journals. Search the catalog and the E-Journal Portal for other titles.
- American Poetry Review. Full-text: 1994 – present. Print: 2006 – present. Microfilm: 1981 – 2005
- Comparative Literature. Full text: 1949 – 2012. Print: 1949 – present
- Hudson Review. Full-text: 2001 – present. Print: 1950 – 1954,1967 – present. Microfilm: 1954-1966
- Journal of Modern Literature. Full text: 1975 – present. Print: 1970 – present
- Kenyon Review. Print: 1954 – 1970 (old series, 1979 – present)
- Massachusetts Review. Full-text: 1990 – present. Print: 1962 – present
- Poetry. Print: 1946 – 2009.
- Sewanee Review. Full text: 1990 – present. Print: 1955 – 1962, 1964 – present. Microfilm:1963.
- Studies in Short Fiction. Full-text: 1975 – 2012. Print: 1964-1965.
- Virginia Quarterly Review. Full-text: 1990 – present. Print: 1947 – 1965, 2003-2004, 2006 – present. Microfilm: 1966 – 2005.