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How to find journal articles
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Thousands of journals; millions of articles … But how do you find the articles you need?
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Thousands of journals; millions of articles … But how do you find the articles you need?
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This presentation will show you
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how to find journal articles when researching for your assignments and essays
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To search for journal articles, you need to use DATABASES you need to use DATABASES
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To search for journal articles, you need to use DATABASES you need to use DATABASES A database is a huge searchable collection of journal article references.
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You can search in databases to find journal articles on a particular topic …
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or journal articles written by a particular author
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UCT Libraries offer more than 200 databases …
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How do you decide which ones to use?
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Look in your Subject Guide
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c Click on Subject Guides on our home page
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Choose the guide relevant to your topic
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The guide will recommend useful databases for your subject area
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Alternatively, ask your Subject Librarian
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Alternatively, ask your Subject Librarian c You can link to Subject Librarians’ contact details from our home page
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You have been asked to write an essay on:
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You have been asked to write an essay on: The influence of global warming on food security.
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You have been asked to write an essay on: The influence of global warming on food security. Let’s search the database: Academic Search Premier for articles on this topic
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Open the Libraries web site: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
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c Hover your mouse over Electronic Resources
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Open the Libraries web site: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za In the dropdown menu … click on Databases
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c Open the Libraries web site: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za In the dropdown menu … click on Databases
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In the databases list … click on Academic Search Premier
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In the databases list … click on Academic Search Premier
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The database will open …
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Type in your search query
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Use quotes (“”) to search for phrases like “global warming”
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Type in your search query Use quotes (“”) to search for phrases like “global warming” Use AND to combine different concepts like global warming and food security
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This finds a set of article references
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Our search found 41 references
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Each reference includes …
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The article title
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Each reference includes … The article title Authors’ names
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Each reference includes … The article title Authors’ names Journal title
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Each reference includes … The article title Authors’ names Journal title Date, volume, issue, page numbers
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Each reference includes … The article title Authors’ names Journal title Date, volume, issue, page numbers Abstract (summary of the article)
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You can refine your results in the left- hand column
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To see the full record for a reference
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Click on its title
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Here you will get the complete abstract
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And tools for saving, printing, emailing, or exporting the reference to RefWorks
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Click on the SFX button to see if we have access to the full text of the article
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The SFX window tells us that we can access the full text online
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Click on Go to get the full text
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The full text will open on your screen
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If full text is not available, this area will be blank
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Click here to search the UCT Library catalogue to see if we have the print version of the journal
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Created by Fiona Jones March 2011 That’s it !
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Created by Fiona Jones March 2011 And remember … if you need further assistance ASK A LIBRARIAN That’s it !
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