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{{about|the quarterly publication|the newspaper column with the same title|Notes & Queries}}
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{{Infobox journal
| title         = Notes and Queries
| cover         = [[Image:N&qcover.gif]]
| discipline    = [[English language]], [[English literature]], [[lexicography]], [[history]]
| abbreviation  = Notes Queries
| website       = https://academic.oup.com/nq
| publisher     = [[Oxford University Press]]
| country       = [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| history       = 1849 to present
| ISSN = 0029-3970
}}
'''''Notes and Queries''''', also styled '''''Notes & Queries''''', is a long-running [[quarterly]] [[scholarly journal]] that publishes short articles related to "[[English literature|English language and literature]], [[lexicography]], [[history]], and scholarly [[antiquarian]]ism".<ref name=inner>From the inner sleeve of all modern issues of ''Notes and Queries''.</ref> Its emphasis is on "the factual rather than the speculative".<ref name=inner/> The journal has a long history, having been established in 1849 in London;<ref name=vol1>[https://archive.org/details/notesqueries01londuoft ''Notes and Queries'', Series 1, Volume 1, Nov 1849 - May 1850], via [[Internet Archive]]</ref> it is now published by [[Oxford University Press]].

The journal was originally subtitled "a medium of inter-communication for literary men, artists, [[antiquarian|antiquaries]], [[genealogist]]s, etc".<ref name=vol1/> It is now subtitled "For readers and writers, collectors and librarians".<ref name=inner/> Its motto was once "When found, make a note of",<ref name=vol1/> the catchphrase of Capt. Cuttle, a character in [[Dickens]]'s novel ''[[Dombey and Son]]''.

It is the 250th-most-quoted source in the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' (3rd ed.), giving 1,633 quotations, many being first evidence of a word or a particular meaning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oed.com/view/source/w106 |title=Notes and Queries |newspaper=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |access-date= 27 February 2016}}</ref>