22 May 2006

Free Scholarly Journal Issues

Individual publishers often offer free sample issues for information and marketing purposes. Here is a list of several individual journal issues that are made available in full at no cost:

Development in Practice, vol. 15, no. 6 (Nov. 2005) [contents]
- Registration is required to access the full-text.

Disasters, vol. 30, no. 1 (March 2006) [access]
- The focus of this issue is “Natural disasters and climate change.”

European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 6, no. 4 (2004) [access]

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 16, no. 4 (Dec. 2004) [journal page]
- Click on the “free sample issue” link and follow the instructions. A description of the contents I was provided free access to is available here, but it may vary by individual visitor.

International Migration, vol. 44, no. 1 (March 2006) [access]
- This issue includes comments on the report of the Global Commission on International Migration, as well as articles on immigrant/refugee social change and on language acquisition.

International Migration Review, vol. 40, no. 1 (Feb. 2006) [access]
- This issue focuses on “gender and migration studies.”

Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 17, no. 4 (Dec. 2004) [journal page]
- Click on the “free sample issue” link and follow the instructions. A description of the contents I was provided free access to is available here, but it may vary by individual visitor.

Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4 (Dec. 2004) [journal page]
- Click on the “free sample issue” link and follow the instructions. A description of the contents I was provided free access to is available here, but it may vary by individual visitor.

Other resources:

- To find free sample issues that are available in other journals, browse through FreeFullText.com.
- To access full-text back issues of Disasters, International Journal of Refugee Law, International Migration Review, and Journal of Refugee Studies, visit Forced Migration Online's journals database. For copyright reasons, there is a time lag of 3-5 years between issues that can be accessed through FMO and the most recently published issue.
- Other full-text journal/newsletter titles that focus on forced migration issues are listed in my Guide to Forced Migration Periodicals.

Posted in Periodicals.

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