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Notes and Queries, also styled Notes & Queries, is a long running quarterly scholarly journal that publishes short articles related to "English language and literature, lexicography, history, and scholarly antiquarianism". Its emphasis is on "the factual rather than the speculative". it is now published by Oxford University Press. The journal was originally subtitled "a medium of inter communication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, etc".

Notes and Queries was first published in 1849 as a weekly periodical edited by W. J. Thoms. Many of the entries in the journal for its first seventy years were only a few paragraphs long, and occasionally as short as a sentence or two. Very frequent contributors include the Rev. Walter W. Skeat, one of the most important figures in the field of English etymology, and Eliza Gutch, a founding member of The Folklore Society. The foundation of such a society was suggested by Gutch through a query to the publication. Gutch contributed to the publication for over seventy years, using the pseudonym "St Swithin". Today the magazine is produced as an academic journal. The articles are typically much longer than they were during the journal's early years, though they are still shorter than those of the typical academic journal. In addition, the "Notes" now far outweigh the "Queries", and book reviews have also been introduced. The focus is now almost entirely on literature.

Over 20 county or regional publications across England, mostly launched in the late 19th century, adopted a similar "notes and queries" format; 16 of which, beginning with Gloucestershire Notes and Queries in 1879, included the term within their titles. Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset (launched in 1888) and Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries (launched 1900) both survive in regular publication. There have been several incarnations of American Notes and Queries. There are also Canadian Notes & Queries and Kōtare: New Zealand Notes and Queries. Notes and Queries has also given its name to a number of columns and sections within wider ranging publications. These include a regular "Notes & Queries" feature in The Guardian newspaper, started in November 1989.