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Key Journals on Pacific Islands
The Hawai'i Pacific Journal Index serves as "an index to magazines and journals published in or about Hawaii and the Pacific." You can find the list of titles included in this index here.
The following are key journals on the Pacific islands to which UCLA users have access.
- The Asia Pacific Journal of AnthropologyFull text online. Continues Canberra Anthropology. Library has most print issues of both titles.
- The Contemporary PacificLibrary has most print issues from vol. 1-20 (1989-2008). Full text online from vol. 1 (1989).
- The Hawaiian Journal of HistoryLibrary has print issues vol. 1-42 (1967-2008), vol. 45-46 (2011-2012), and vol. 48 (2014). Full text of selected articles from Nov. 2003 available online.
- The Journal of Pacific HistoryLibrary has most issues, vol. 1-48 (1966-2013), in print. Full text online from vol. 1 (1966).
- The Journal of the Polynesian SocietyVol. 1 (1892) through vol. 123 (2014) mostly available online. The Library has most issues of vol. 1-118 (1892-2009) in print.
- Pacific StudiesLibrary has most print issues. Full text online as well.
Additional Journals
Here are other journals and magazines that cover the Pacific islands (some more peripherally). The UCLA Library has limited holdings for many of these titles. Some have ceased publication.
Journal Databases and Indexes
Here are some databases and indexes that should be useful in finding articles on this region. These resources are licensed so you may need to configure your computer to connect from off-campus.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals. - Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
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Indexes journal articles, reports, commentaries, etc. in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. - ATLA Religion Database This link opens in a new window
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Index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all scholarly fields of religion; includes articles written in 36 languages. - Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) This link opens in a new window
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Contains citations to articles, monographs, chapters, conference proceedings, anthologies, etc., pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia, published from 1971 to the present. - eHRAF Collection of Archaeology This link opens in a new window
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Full text, indexed collections of documents on archaeological traditions, subtraditions, and important sites worldwide, from Human Relations Area Files, Inc. - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Index and abstracts for articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life) published since 1955.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Full text back issues of core scholarly journals, browsable and searchable across multiple disciplines. Coverage starts with first issue, with moving wall for most recent 3-5 years. UCLA has access to selected JSTOR e-books only. JSTOR also includes primary source collections, including images from Artstor.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Indexes worldwide publications on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, film, television, and theater from 1923 to the present. See also the MLA Directory of Periodicals. - PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
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International coverage of articles, books, conference proceedings, and government documents on social and political policy, political science, public administration, current affairs, and related topics from 1972 to the present. Includes PAIS Archive, which covers 1915 to 1976.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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Full text of current issues (from about 1990) of scholarly journals published by university presses, chiefly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. UCLA has access to Muse e-books published from 2017-present, plus a selected number of other e-book titles.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences from 1,800+ serials publications; also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Coverage from 1952-present.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of most disciplines. Indexes major journals with all cited references captured. Combines the following citation databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI); Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to citations for a wide range of topics in the study of women and gender, 1972-present.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international literature in political science, international relations, law, and public policy.
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