Articles, Journals, and Databases - POLS 2200/CLAS 2990: Utopias, Old and New - Usher (Spring 2024) - UVM Libraries Research Guides at UVM Libraries

Recommended Journals

Utopian Studies
The official journal of the Society for Utopian Studies. A peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles on utopia and utopianism. The journal is published three times a year by the Penn State University Press.
Communal Societies
The journal of the Communal Studies Association. Contains peer-reviewed articles on communal groups past and present, with an emphasis on the United States.
Extrapolation
Publishes a wide variety of critical approaches including but not limited to literary criticism, utopian studies, genre criticism, feminist theory, critical race studies, queer theory, and postcolonial theory.
Science Fiction Studies
A scholarly journal devoted to the study of the genre of science fiction, broadly defined.
Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
Presents scholarly interpretations and examinations of emergent and alternative religious movements.

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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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This resource is a multidisciplinary database that provides access to scholarly journal literature across all disciplines, as well as magazine articles and some newspaper articles. It is a recommended starting point for research on any subject, and very useful for topics that span disciplines. It includes some full text as well as links to full text.
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This resource provides access to the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It includes references to scholarly journal articles and periodicals, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers, with some full text and links to full text.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
This resource provides information and full-text access to materials on American and Canadian history from prehistoric times to the present. It references materials published since 1964 and includes journal articles, book reviews, dissertations, and more.
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
This resource provides access to scholarly literature including articles, theses, books, abstracts, court opinions, technical reports, patents and many other document types. Google Scholar's coverage is extremely broad and sometimes more up-to-date than other databases - but its non-selective coverage may include lower-quality publications.

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