WISER Finding stuff: Journal Articles

1. WISER Finding stuff: Journal Articles Angela Carritt (Bodleian Libraries) Penny Roberts (Radcliffe Science Library) Jayne Plant (Bodleian Library) Cesar Pimenta (New College Library)

2. Structure of the session • Finding known journal titles and articles • Searching for journal articles by subject • Indexing Services • Full Text Services • Practical step by step exercises

3. Finding known journal titles & articles • SOLO, OLIS and OU e-Journals provide links to e-Journals • SOLO and OLIS also provide location details for print journals • Search by journal title • Not article title, not author, not topic • Avoid abbreviations if possible • Avoid “by citation” tab – unreliable • On your results page choose the database with the “best” coverage for your needs

4. Finding known journal titles...e.g. Nader, Laura ‘Iraq and Democracy’, Anthropological Quarterly, 2003, Vol.76(3), p.479-483

5. Finding known journal titles... Enter the journal title in OU eJournals (or SOLO or OLIS) Click on the to find the full text options Full text options From here select a database. Check the date range of each database before making your selection (e.g. 1950 – 2001)

6. Finding known journal titles...other options • SOLO Journal Articles Beta / Google Scholar • Allows you to search by article title / author • Incomplete – do not assume an article is not available simply because it is not available on SOLO Journal Articles Beta or Google Scholar

7. Finding journal articles by subject • Indexes / Bibliographic tools • Full text databases • Google Scholar or SOLO - Journal Articles Beta

8. Finding journal articles by subject: Indexes • Bring together information about thousands of individual articles...books, book chapters, conference papers, dissertations, reports etc... • Good indexes should cover the main peer reviewed journals for your subject • Include (and can be searched by...) • Author • Article title • Bibliographic details (e.g. journal, volume, issue, page number) • Subject keywords • May include an abstract • Does not include full text – though there may be a link to a full text copy

9. Typical index entry

10. Example • Searching for articles on the Human Rights of Romanies using Web of Science

11. Think carefully about your search terms and use Boolean operators Choose which field you want to search e.g. Author, title, topic Look out for options to narrow down your search Searching Web of Science

12. Most indexes allow you to re-sort your results by date, relevance... Some databases provide options for you to refine your search Most indexes allow you to then print, email, save or export to a reference management programme Each entry includes the article title, author, and bibliographic details. Click on the title for more details (including an abstract) The “Find it @ Oxford” button looks for a full text copy of the article in Oxford’s electronic and printed collections Brief results display in Web of Science

13. Finding journal articles by subject:Which indexes should you use? • Go to Oxlip+ @ http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ • Choose “Find Databases” > “By Subject” > Scroll through the A-Z of subjects • Some subjects include “sub-categories” – look out for “indexes”, “abstracting and indexing services”, “journal indexes”, “bibliographic tools”. If not choose “All” or “General” • From the list of databases choose databases listed as “Abstracts / Indexes”

14. 1. Go to Oxlip+ and choose “Find Databases” 2. Choose “By Subject” 3. Scroll through the alphabetical list of subjects 4. Some subjects include sub-categories. If so, choose “Indexes”, “Abstracting and indexing databases”, “Bibliographic tools”, “Journal Indexes” etc. If not, choose “General” or “All” 5. Choose a database listed as “Abstracts/Indexes”. Use the i button to find our more about coverage

15. Finding journal articles by subject: Full text databases • Collections of full text journals, articles, books, papers, reports etc • Include • Author • Title • Bibliographic details • Full text article • Some also include subjects, abstracts…which can be searched separately • Tend to have a smaller coverage than indexes • Search results more likely to include irrelevant results

16. Finding journal articles by subject: Indexes v Full Text Database Indexes • Likely to return more relevant because your keywords appear in the article title, subject or abstract • Usually have good coverage of relevant journals • Full text may not be easily available to you Full text • Likely to return more irrelevant results than indexes • May not include all the relevant journals for your subject • Full text immediately available

17. Exercises • Guides exercises on • Web of Science (All Subjects) • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Social Sciences and Sciences) • MLA (Modern Languages and Literature) • Radcliffe Science Library tutorials @ www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science/training/tutorials • Find an index for your subject using Oxlip+ and try out some searches!

18. Any questions? Angela Carritt (Bodleian Libraries) Penny Roberts (Radcliffe Science Library) Jayne Plant (Bodleian Library) Cesar Pimenta (New College Library)