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