Magazines
Our journal (or 'serial') collection comprises approximately 800 titles, about 300 of which we are still collecting.
All journals (also called serials, periodicals or magazines) can be consulted in Search Engine, our library and archive centre.
Is it on the shelves?
Some of the popular titles are on the shelves for you to browse, but due to space restrictions not all are available. To find out if the journal is in store, you can search our library catalogue - which is held on the website of the University of York.
We also have a database of journal article references that you can browse here at the museum.
Journal classification scheme
The journals are classified and arranged into the below 11 sections. The shelfmark for a particular journal comprises the section number, then a full stop, then a running number. So if The Railway Magazine has the shelfmark 2.0320, that means it's in Section 2, and on the shelf under number 320.
- Section 1: House journals (journals produced by railway companies, manufacturers or railway trade unions)
- Section 2: Professional and technical journals
- Section 3: Learned societies
- Section 4: Specialist railway study groups
- Section 5: Amateur railway interest
- Section 6: Model railway journals
- Section 7: Railway preservation journals
- Section 8: Overseas railway publications
- Section 9: Museum, library and cultural heritage journals
- Section 10: Non-railway publications
- Section 11: Miscellaneous titles