Journal articles

1
Journal articles

• What a reference to them looks like compared to
  a reference to a book.
• How to get from a reference to the full-text

• Rowena Stewart
• (Liaison Librarian)
• rowena.stewart_at_ed.ac.uk
• Tel [phone]

2
Recap - BOOK REFERENCE
Journal articles

• A reference to a book looks like
• i) Author (year) Book title, Placepublisher
• ii) Chapter author, Chapter title, in Book (ed),
  Book title, PlacePublisher, pages
• To find out if the library has the book, use the
  library catalogue and search for
• Author (or editor) of the whole book
• Title of the whole book
• The rest of the information helps you decide if
  what the library has is exactly the same book and
  which chapter or pages of the book to read.

3
From book reference to borrowing
Journal articles
Smolin, L (2008) The trouble with physics the
rise of string theory, the fall of a science and
what comes next, LondonPenguin, pp392.
Use the library catalogue and search for the
author or title (probably no need to include the
subtitle if searching for this example)
If the copys been borrowed by someone already,
go to JCM Library and ask library staff to recall
this for you (person has a week then has to
return it for you to use) And/or use shelfmark
to find books on similar subject on the shelves.
4
ARTICLE REFERENCE
Journal articles

• Q) What is an article?
• The same idea as a magazine article but we call
  what they are published in journals, periodicals
  or serials.
• A) Articles report the methodology, results and
  conclusions of a piece of recent research in a
  very specific area of study.

5
ARTICLE REFERENCE
Journal articles

• A reference to an article looks like
• Article author (year), article title, journal
  title, volume, issue, pages
• On the library catalogue or electronic journals
  webpage use
• Journal title
• The rest of the information helps you decide if
  the library has the issue of the journal you need
  and where in that issue to find the article you
  want to read.

6
From article reference to reading I
Journal articles
Gosline (2007) 50 Things to do before you leave
university, New Scientist, 19 May 2007(2604),
s2-s5.
Use the library catalogue or electronic journal
webpages and search for the journal title. Use
the date and numbers to get to the right issue
and pages
Select to search in just Journal Title
7
From article reference to reading II
Journal articles
Gosline (2007) 50 Things to do before you leave
university, New Scientist, 19 May 2007(2604),
s2-s5.
Lots of libraries (Multiple copies) have this
title. Read the Library has information to see
what volumes are held where. Example above we
need volumes from 2007
Go to the library that has what you need. Ask
library staff if you cant find what you need.
8
Journal articles
From article reference to reading III
Gosline (2007) 50 Things to do before you leave
university, New Scientist, 19 May 2007(2604),
s2-s5.
electronic resource full-text available,
usually on the web.
Keep selecting links to get to journal link but
read holdings information before you go, so you
know if youll be able to get the year you want.
9
Journal articles
From article reference to reading IV
Gosline (2007) 50 Things to do before you leave
university, New Scientist, 19 May 2007(2604),
s2-s5.
Enter EASE username/password if requested.
You can SEARCH for author or words in article
title
Use the Archive (often called Browse) to go to
the issue you know you need.
10
Journal articles
From article reference to reading IV
Gosline (2007) 50 Things to do before you leave
university, New Scientist, 19 May 2007(2604),
s2-s5.
Locate the 2007 issue you need using the date and
issue information
Locate the article you want by title and/or page
numbers and select/click to read