1. How to utilize English
language periodicals in a
Japanese academic library
Jim Hicks

2. Five Easy Steps
 1. Access your library’s Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
 2. Search for journals that are related to your topic
 3. Use a search engine to locate a journal
 4. Search titles, abstracts, and full-text for promising articles
 5. Locate the journal article in the library’s physical collection

3. STEP 1: Access your library’s Online
Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
Press the English link if available!

4. STEP 1: Access your library’s Online
Public Access Catalog (OPAC)

5. STEP 2: Search for journals that
are related to your topic
Your topic
Select journals

6. STEP 2: Search for journals that
are related to your topic
Select a journal and be
sure to make a note of
the years of coverage

7. STEP 3: Use a search engine to
locate a journal

8. STEP 3: Use a search engine to
locate a journal

9. STEP 4: Search titles, abstracts,
and full-text for promising articles

10. STEP 4: Search titles, abstracts,
and full-text for promising articles

11. STEP 4: Search titles, abstracts,
and full-text for promising articles

12. STEP 4: Search titles, abstracts,
and full-text for promising articles

13. STEP 4: Search titles, abstracts,
and full-text for promising articles

14. STEP 4: Search titles, abstracts,
and full-text for promising articles

15. STEP 5: Locate the journal article
in the library’s physical collection