Using the Harvard Libraries: Searching by Journal By Susan C. Lemont Teaching Assistant Organizational Behavior

Searching by Journal In this example, we’ll be looking for Christopher Meyer’s article, “The best networks are really worknets” from the February 2007 issue of the Harvard Business Review.

Searching by Journal As of November 2009, Meyer’s article does not turn up by author in many search utilities. A good alternative method is searching the Harvard Libraries by journal title.

1) Go to lib.harvard.edu 2) Click on E-Research

Need drop down menu slide Choose FIND E-JOURNALS

1) Type in Harvard Business Review 2) Click GO

Each of these links goes to a different location.

The Harvard business review link and Find Harvard button take you to this screen.

The other two links take you directly to the Biography Resource Center and EBSCO

At this point, you need to log in using your HUID and password

Sometimes, the link you choose will not yield the correct results. In our example, the Biography Resource Center is not an efficient utility for finding our reading. You need to go back and click on EBSCO.

EBSCO is a powerful utility. It is especially useful for finding HBR readings. Choose the article year which is 2007.

Click on February Our article appears in this month’s edition.

Hmmm… According to EBSCO, Christopher Meyer’s article does not appear in this issue.

If this happens to you, try searching the HBR site. 1) Just type in the author’s name. 2) Then, click GO

Christopher Meyer’s name appears in the HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2007

Go back to EBSCO and click your choice of format for the HBR List article

Here is the article we are looking for.

In conclusion Our example is the exception to the rule. Usually, readings are fairly easy to find. Get in contact with your teaching staff if you are unable to find articles. I am grateful to our students who unearthed this example. Questions or suggestions? Please contact