Geography and global development electronic journals introduction

Sensitivity: Internal
Introduction to
Searching Electronic
Journals for Geography
& Global Development

Information on the library’s resources is in the
Library guide for Geography & the Library
guide for Global Development (access from
the Finding Subject Information link, then
Science)

Logging in
All our electronic library resources need to be
accessed through the University of Derby Library
pages. Login through Udo & select Library.
This is because we pay for our online resources
and you need to show that you are eligible to use
them.

Finding a specific journal
• To find a specific electronic journal use
E-Journals Finder.
• Do not use E-Journals Finder to find articles from
a range of journals.
• You may also use Library Plus to find a specific
journal but E-Journals Finder is more complete

E-Journals Finder
To go to the E-Journals Finder
click on Find Subject
Information.

E-Journals Finder
Then E-Journals
Finder.

E-Journals Finder lists all the Library’s
e-journals. Don’t use it as a search for
journal articles on a topic.
e.g. to find the journal article: Solarz, M W
(2017) Are the LDCs really the world’s
least developed countries? Third World
Quarterly, 38 (4), 805-821
So you are looking for the journal called
“Third World Quarterly”, as E-Journals
Finder is used to find specific journals.
E-Journals Finder

You can then either:
Type in some title words in the
search box for Journal of Sports
Sciences. See search box left.
Or: You can click on the publisher
link (Taylor & Francis) to browse the
journal. This will also tell you which
years we have access to.
E-Journals Finder

You can use the search
box to look for the article
e.g. by using some title
words.
E-Journals Finder

Then click on Get Full
Text to access the full
journal article.
E-Journals Finder

E-Journals Finder
You may be taken straight
to the full article or may
need to click on another
link.

The full journal article. PDF is best
for copying or printing the article.
E-Journals Finder

Or you can browse
the journal & its
volumes if you
click on the publisher
link.
E-Journals Finder

e.g. for Solarz, M W & (2017) Are the
LDCs really the world’s least
developed countries? Third World
Quarterly, 38 (4), 805-821
You can browse by year & volume.
Select volume 38, 2017
You can also search the journal in the
search box.
E-Journals Finder

E-Journals Finder
Then issue 4

Click on the full text
links for the full journal
article. The green
indicates full access.
This differs between
publishers.
E-Journals Finder

Searching for articles on a topic
The Library subscribes to a number of databases to
help you find journal articles by subject
Library Plus is a comprehensive search database for
our journals including many of the journals and
databases we subscribe to.

Which search words (keywords) are
you going to use and how are you
going to use them?
First of all, when you are searching an electronic
database, you need to think about which words
and phrases to search for.
• Think of the main keywords or phrases
• Don’t just type an essay title into a search box
• Think of alternative words & terms
• Do you need to combine terms together?

Working out your search words
(keywords) (continued)
e.g. to find journal articles on “the risk of injury
during rugby union training sessions” (the
principles are the same whatever topic)
This has 3 main parts to it:
• Injury
• Rugby Union
• Training

Working out your search words
(keywords) (continued)
• Think of alternative words (e.g. injury or injuries).
e.g. in Library Plus you can use “truncation” so
that injur* would search injuries, injury, injured.
• Rugby Union. You may want to use rugby union
to start with but may find more just using rugby.
• Are there other words to use as well as training?

Combining search words
• Different databases allow you to combine
keywords in different ways.
• AND combines words or phrases together &
narrows a search (many searches automatically
do this without needing to put in AND)
• OR widens a search e.g. training OR practice
would search for either word
• You may be able to put 2 or more words in “ ” to
search for an exact phrase. e.g. “injury
prevention”

Be prepared to alter searches
• You may not find what you are looking for straight
away. Be prepared to do different searches using
different combinations of words.
• Or you may find too many references which are
not relevant or there are a limited number that you
are going to be able to use

Finding too many journal articles
• You may need to be more specific in your search
words or you may want to narrow down e.g. by
date, type of publication or specify that certain
words appear in the title of an article.
• Or you may just have to pick out ones which
appear to be most useful to you. e.g. by looking
at the title, the journal it is in, from the abstract
(summary) or location of the research or study

Where to look for electronic journal
articles?
There is no one single correct way of finding journal
articles on a topic but for Geography and Global
Development, Library Plus covers many of the
sources you will need. For later work you may need
others.

Library Plus Includes
• Library book catalogue (print & e-books)
• Many of our e-journals subscriptions
• Many of the library journals databases (e.g.
Science Direct, Science Fulltext, Taylor & Francis
journals, Academic ASAP)

Library Plus also includes
Details of resources we don’t have immediate
access to.

There are various ways of searching Library Plus. You can
search Library Plus directly from the Library page.
This is a basic search, but you are then able to refine your
search.
Better is the link to Library Plus from the Find Subject
Information page enabling you to do a more sophisticated
search
Library Plus

Click on Library Plus under Quick Links.
There is also a link in the Subject Guides
for Geography and Global Development on
the right under Science.
Library Plus

Advanced Search in
Library Plus can give
more flexibility & allows
you to do a more
sophisticated search.
Library Plus

You can combine search terms by
using the different search boxes.
AND combines the search terms &
narrows the search.
Or will search for either term.
* looks for alternatives e.g. environ*
looks for environment,
environmental, environments
“ ” searches an exact phrase e.g
“water disputes”
Think of keywords and be prepared
to change them and use
alternatives. Do not put in long
phrases or essay titles.
Tick this box & you will only see articles we have full
access to.
If you leave it unticked you will also see journal
articles we do not have full access to. (The Basic
Search does this automatically).

Click on the Full Text links to
see the full journal article.
Articles are displayed with
the most relevant nearest
the start.

Full text of
journal article

You can use the words AND
OR NOT to refine your
search.
This is further explained on
the help screen (next slide).
Library Plus

From the Library
Plus Help pages.
Library Plus

Saving references in Library Plus
You can save results into a folder in Library Plus.
If you want to save references for future use you can
create your own personal account and then Sign In
to your personal account.
You can give folders names.
You still need to login through the Library page to
start with.

If you create a personal username & password (under Sign
in) your search results can be saved in Library Plus.
You can then create a named folder to put your search
results in or just put them into an unnamed folder.
To create a named folder click on Folder, New, then give the
folder a name.
Saving References in Library Plus

Save relevant references to the named folder by clicking on the +
icon (which will turn yellow).
Or you can just click on the + icon (which will turn yellow). &
references will be saved into a general folder. Click on Folder or

You can also Save searches
to go back to later if you sign
in.
Click on Search History then
Save Searches.
Search History is also useful
to look back on searches you
have done and also to
combine different complex
searches.

Information on searching Library Plus is also
available from the Library Plus help screens
and the guide to Library Plus (Under All
Guides).
Further Information on Library Plus

Using Library Plus to look for a
specific journal article
You also look for a specific journal article with
Library Plus (but doesn’t include absolutely every
journal which we have access to. The sure way is
using E-journals Finder)

Using Library Plus to find the
journal article
e.g. Ferreira, S L A (2017) Wine
tourism development in South Africa: a
geographical analysis. Tourism
Geographies, 19 (5)

There is no one correct way
but use Advanced Search
then:
e.g. type in a couple of words
from the title of the article. You
can change the first box to
look for title words only.
You can Change 2nd
field to
Author & type in author’s
surname
You could also change a field
to SO Journal Title & put in the
journal title or words from it.
Using Library Plus to search for a specific journal article

Using Library Plus to search for a specific journal article

For more detailed information
about Library Plus select All
Guides then Library Plus.

Detailed guide on using
Library Plus.

The Subject guides for Geography and Global
Development give links and information of
resources and how to use them.

Further Help?
If you have need any further help in finding
information contact David Clark (Subject Librarian :
Science & Technology) (Tel: 01332 591203, email:
d.clark@derby.ac.uk)

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