Finding Article, Magazine and Newspaper Articles Library 150 Week 6

Finding articles on a topic Use the Library databases, NOT the Library Catalog to find articles Library subscribes to 125+ databases Library does not have every title covered Library - 2K+ print and 10K+ online titles Databases may provide: bibliographic info on article - author, title, journal/magazine/newspaper title, page #s a short summary of article, called an abstract the text of the articles

Database Finder Databases by type If you already know which database you need Databases by subject

Using Databases Off-Campus

Sample: EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Search Screen Search statements Field limiters Boolean logic Scholarly journals only DON’T SFX limit to full-text. Use SFX

Sample: EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Results Screen SFX Check SFX for availability Number of articles Marking/ tagging records Full-text links

Key information: NAME OF SOURCE One can find an article, even if you do not know the article title or author, with:  title of magazine, journal or newspaper  issue information: volume, issue (if applicable), year and month/season (if applicable)  page number(s) To find print or online copy of magazine, journal or newspaper title, try SFX or journal tab Locating Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles

Locating Magazines, Journals & Newspapers Try the SFX link if available first link should be full-text, if available check Print Holdings or Periodical’s Finding List order using Interlibrary Loan link Journals In Library catalog, click Journals tab Search for the journal NAME  American Journal of Physiology - NOT title of article If Library has journal, link to catalog will show:  CALL NUMBER for print copy All print magazines, journals & newspapers are on Level A  DATABASE NAME for online version OR

Differences between Journals and Magazines In-Class Exercise We’ll do this together as a class inclass/week6journalsvsmagazines.doc inclass/week6journalsvsmagazines.doc