1. How to find journal articles

2. Thousands of journals; millions of articles … But how do you find the articles you need?

3. Thousands of journals; millions of articles … But how do you find the articles you need?

4. This presentation will show you

5. how to find journal articles when researching for your assignments and essays

6. To search for journal articles, you need to use DATABASES you need to use DATABASES

7. 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.

8. You can search in databases to find journal articles on a particular topic …

9. or journal articles written by a particular author

10. UCT Libraries offer more than 200 databases …

11. How do you decide which ones to use?

12. Look in your Subject Guide

13. c Click on Subject Guides on our home page

14. Choose the guide relevant to your topic

15. The guide will recommend useful databases for your subject area

16. Alternatively, ask your Subject Librarian

17. Alternatively, ask your Subject Librarian c You can link to Subject Librarians’ contact details from our home page

18. You have been asked to write an essay on:

19. You have been asked to write an essay on: The influence of global warming on food security.

20. 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

21. Open the Libraries web site: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

22. c Hover your mouse over Electronic Resources

23. Open the Libraries web site: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za In the dropdown menu … click on Databases

24. c Open the Libraries web site: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za In the dropdown menu … click on Databases

25. In the databases list … click on Academic Search Premier

26. In the databases list … click on Academic Search Premier

27. The database will open …

28. Type in your search query

30. Use quotes (“”) to search for phrases like “global warming”

31. 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

32. This finds a set of article references

33. Our search found 41 references

34. Each reference includes …

35. The article title

36. Each reference includes … The article title Authors’ names

37. Each reference includes … The article title Authors’ names Journal title

38. Each reference includes … The article title Authors’ names Journal title Date, volume, issue, page numbers

39. Each reference includes … The article title Authors’ names Journal title Date, volume, issue, page numbers Abstract (summary of the article)

40. You can refine your results in the left- hand column

41. To see the full record for a reference

43. Click on its title

45. Here you will get the complete abstract

46. And tools for saving, printing, emailing, or exporting the reference to RefWorks

47. Click on the SFX button to see if we have access to the full text of the article

48. The SFX window tells us that we can access the full text online

49. Click on Go to get the full text

50. The full text will open on your screen

51. If full text is not available, this area will be blank

52. Click here to search the UCT Library catalogue to see if we have the print version of the journal

53. Created by Fiona Jones March 2011 That’s it !

54. Created by Fiona Jones March 2011 And remember … if you need further assistance ASK A LIBRARIAN That’s it !