Creative Writing: Journals & Databases

Information sources that have been written by academics, experts or creative practitioners in a particular field or discipline, and published in books, conference publications and academic journal articles, can usually be considered scholarly.

They may report on original research, review books and exhibitions, address current issues facing the contemporary literary landscape, or examine events through the lenses of history and theory. They are written for the research community, not a general readership, approaching writing from analytical, critical and researched perspectives. They are an excellent source of information about practice and industry 

Both scholarly and non-scholarly materials have a place in research, but scholarly sources should always be used when completing a piece of academic writing. 

Use Google Scholar to search for journal articles across and beyond AUB Library's holdings

The recommended resources above are just a selection of the many publications you can access. 

To start searching generally for articles on a topic, use Search Plus, which will search across the Library's eJournals, eBooks and databases. Search the A-Z eJournals to find individual journal titles.

There are systemic issues with what gets published and what search engine algorithms find and prioritise. We have created a research guide to help to diversify our research material. Access the full guide here. 

The databases below are all useful for finding scholarly information about writing and literature. A full list of can be found on the A-Z Databases page.