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What you should know about journals

(Text only version)

If you are looking for current information you may need to find journal articles.
Journals are issued on an ongoing basis, so it is possible to find a relevant article
that was published very recently.

Here is an example of a journal citation:

Ranjan, P., Kazama, S., Sawamoto, M. (2007). Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources. Global environmental change, vol.16, no.4, p.388-399.

To find a known journal article you should:

• use the Catalogue or Sirius e-Journals


• search for the title of the journal, e.g.
  

Global environmental change is the title of the journal

The advantage of searching for a journal in the Catalogue is that you will find both the Print and the Online holdings of the journal. This means that if the journal is not available online, there may be a print version on the Library shelves.

In the Catalogue:

• type global environmental change in the search box

• select Title beginning with from the drop down menu

• click the Journals only button

The Catalogue tells you:

• whether the journal has Print Holdings, i.e. is available in print

• whether the journal has Online Access, i.e. can be linked to directly via

• the call number of the journal. Use this to find the journal on the shelf

Note: Print journals are usually bound and filed by year. They can be found by their call number on the Library shelves.

What if you don't have the journal citation?

Browsing through journals on the Library shelves, trying to find an article on a specific topic, is very time consuming. How do you know which journal, volume or issue to look in?

Databases enable you to search for journal articles using specific keywords on your topic. Read more about databases on the next page.