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Click here for the list of electronic indexes the library subscribes to. Be sure and scroll down the page to see more than 100 databases listed.
Fulltext Journals & Indexes(2nd
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STEP ONE: Magazine and journal articles can be located using periodical indexes. The USA Libraries have more than one hundred different periodical indexes. Ask at the Reference Desk to find out which one is most appropriate for your topic. Sometimes there are several indexes that would be excellent. The Reference Librarian can tell you which one would be best to start with and how to proceed with your research. You may also call 251-460-7025 or send an email to webref@jaguar1.usouthal.edu |
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STEP TWO: Try InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP or Ebsco's Academic Search Elite. These are "general" academic indexes that cover periodical articles in many different fields as well as current events and controversies. The extra benefit of these indexes is that they contain some full-text articles. InfoTrac and Ebsco are available remotely to registered students, faculty and staff. (There is a really neat interactive tutorial by Chris Niemeyer, University of Missouri-St. Louis, on how to use Infotrac's Expanded Academic ASAP.) |
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STEP THREE: If the Reference Librarian is not available and you have information needs in a specific discipline go to the Fulltext Journals & Indexes webpage. Use the "about" buttons next to the names of the indexes to find which periodical index sounds right for your project. The indexes are also grouped into broad subject categories on that page. | ||||||
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STEP FOUR: If you want to find out if a particular journal is full text in an index or if we own a print copy, you can check Full-Text Journals Listed by Title list on the Full-Text Journals & Indexes webpage. Type in the first few words of the journal title to see which library-subscribed index contains the full-text of the journal or if the library has a print subscription. | ||||||
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STEP
FIVE: If the article you want is NOT
available full-text online...
Check to see if the index you are using indicates whether the USA Library owns the journal. (Since we don't make these indexes, we do not own everything that is in them). Some of them allow us to mark or tell you in some way which ones we do own Ebsco and PsycInfo (at the very bottom of the record) tell you in words. Some FirstSearch indexes will give you a message that "your library owns this item." Others have a button that says "libraries with item" which will retrieve a list of libraries owning the journal. |
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Consult USA SOUTHcat Catalog using a journal title search and type in full title of the journal without "The" "A" or "An" at the beginning, but including all others. (N.B. Journal title abbreviations usually are not enough--you need the full title. Ask for periodical title abbreviation guide at the Reference Desk if you only have an abbrieviation.) When items are retrieved, check each one thoroughly until you find the volume and issue number you need. Note the location and format and call number. In the University Library . . . | ||||||
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"current" means the periodical shelves on the 2nd Floor, South in alphabetical order by title. "library holdings " are those with heavy covers on the 3rd Floor, South. You need a call number for these. microfilm and microfiche are in the file cabinets on the 2nd Floor, South, also in alphabetical order by journal title.
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Seven:The last step is to actually
find the article. The University Library journals are on the 2nd and 3rd
floor. See above.
If you cannot find a journal, you need ask the library staff for help. |
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STEP SEVEN: If USA does not own the journal you absolutely need . . .you may want to fill out an Interlibrary Loan request. The reference desk has paper forms or you may use an electronic request form available on the University Library homepage under "Interlibrary Loan."Journal articles that are available to us within the state of Alabama will be retrieved for you free of charge--five at a time for undergraduates. Allow 7-10 days for ILL. Often you will be able to find additional articles in other indexes without resorting to InterLibrary Loan. Ask at the Reference Desk for other suggestions. |
Instruction
SOUTHcat Plus
University Homepage
This page is at: http://www.usouthal.edu/univlib/sauer/finding.html
To
make comments or suggestions, or to get more information, call 251-460-6045
or e-mail Jan Sauer.
12/13/04
