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FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
The Library provides journal access in the following
ways:
Searching for a journal article or doing a literature
review?
Journal articles can be retrieved in the following ways:
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PRINT:
From journals held in the library's collection.
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USING SUBJECT INDEX
Through searching electronic index databases such as CINAHL,
Medline
and PubMed.
These provide citations with abstracts and also links to full
text. Medline , via the Clinicians Health Channel, has links
to the Ronald Lowe Library's e-journal holdings.
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FULL-TEXT SEARCHING
From accessing our electronic
journal list available from the Library website.
Also from journals available electronically over the Internet,
some at a cost and others free. Links to these e-journals may
be available from index databases, library catalogues, or other
websites.
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CONTENTS SEARCHING
Journal publishers offer journal article retrieval through keyword
searching from their websites. This means that their journal
contents can be searched on the Internet for keywords in their
titles. Some of these are provided free and some require a fee.
The Library currently offers the following index and full text databases
that you can search:
* Available through the Clinicians Health Channel:
Guide on how and where to begin your search.
1. I need article(s) on a particular topic
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Select the database MEDLINE
from the library's homepage
Conduct your search using the appropriate keywords from your
topic. Select LIMITS (e.g. by publication date, language, etc.)
to achieve targeted results.
View full text if provided. If not provided, check to see if
the Library holds the print journal. If this is not available,
provide the citation to the Librarian and request for Inter-Library
loan.
View a
Medline Interactive Tutorial
OR
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Select PubMed
and conduct your search using the appropriate keywords from
your topic. Click on LIMITS to refine your search.
View
PubMed Tutorial (Select "Using PubMed" on the
left side bar)
OR
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Select the appropriate journal titles from the Library's electronic
journal list.
2. I need an article(s) from a particular journal
3. I need an article by a particular author
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