No Slide TitleThousands of journals;
millions of articles …
Thousands of journals;
millions of articles …
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
How do you decide
which ones to use?
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Choose the guide relevant to your topic
The guide will recommend useful databases for your subject area
Alternatively, ask your
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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:
write an essay on:
You have been asked to
write an essay on:
for 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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In the dropdown menu …
In the dropdown menu …
In the databases list …
The database will open …
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
Each reference includes …
The article title
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
ASK A LIBRARIAN
That’s it !