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Searching Journal Finder

The Journal Finder is a tool that allows you to see what journal titles are available full-text in library databases as well as what databases those journals are located in. This tutorial will provide an example of how to use the Journal Finder.

 

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What is a Scholarly Journal?

Scholarly journals are also called academic, peer-reviewed, or refereed journals. These journals often report original research or compile literature reviews. A scholarly journal is visibly different from other magazines and periodicals, but occasionally it can be hard to tell. Scholarly journals:

 

 

 

 

 

  •   Are written by experts (scholars, professors, researchers) in a given field.
  •   Contain articles that have undergone the peer review process.
  •   Often have an abstract, which is a descriptive summary of the article contents, before the main text of the article.
  •   Generally, have a serious look. They can contain many graphs and charts but rarely have glossy pages or exciting pictures.
  •   Cite their sources in the form of footnotes or bibliographies. These citations are generally lengthy and cite other scholarly writings.

 

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The library does not subscribe to every possible journal. Next steps for locating publications include:

 

 

 

 

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