The document provides guidance on finding and accessing journal articles. It discusses determining relevant journals for one's major, learning how to access those journals, managing references, and tracking what is found. Key steps include identifying top journals in one's field, where relevant work is published, good starting places like advisors or discipline associations, and using library resources like databases, catalogs, and guides. The library offers assistance via reference librarians, appointments, email, phone, and chat.

1. Finding Journal Articles
Traci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
Heterick Memorial Library

2. Figure
out which journals are
germane to your major
Find out how to access those journals
Find out how to manage what you find
Find out how to track references
Leave with an article

4. The means by which individuals engaged in
 academic research and
 creative endeavor inform their peers, formally or informally, of the
work they are engaged in or have accomplished.
Following a tradition that began with the Academy in ancient
Athens, scholars communicate by
 writing monographs and
 journal articles for publication,
 presenting conference papers that may subsequently be published in
proceedings and transactions,
 submitting reports in fulfillment of grant requirements,
 creating and maintaining Web sites for the academic community, and
corresponding with peers via e-mail and electronic mailing lists.
Broadly defined, the process includes not only the creation and
dissemination of scholarly works but also evaluation of quality (peer
review) and preservation for future use. One of the goals of academic
libraries is to facilitate scholarly communication in
all its
forms.

5. What is a periodical?
Periodicals are publications which are:
 Issued at regular intervals (usually)
 Are also often referred to as serials
 Composed of a collection of articles, which
may range from a single page story in a
newspaper to a 40 page study in a
scholarly journal.

6.  Periodical
means the
same as Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
 Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed

7.  Periodicals
are numerous (212,140)
 Growth enhanced by online publishing –
56,329 online pubs. in Ulrich’s
 A “volatile” format
• Periodicals merge
• Publications cease
• Frequency of publication can change
• Volume/ issue numbering can change
• Titles change

8. British Medical Journal (1857 – 1987)
BMJ – 1988 - Present
“We are not amused.”

9.  What
are the top 5 journals in your field?
 Where is the “body of work” published?
 Where is a good place to begin?
• Ask your advisor
• Discipline Associations
 Several options from here
• Research Guide
• Library catalog
• Library journal finder
• Library current periodicals

11. Click on subject
tab for a
complete list of
subjects

12. Choose main
subject and then
browse
additional
subjects

15. Click on
“Search
within the
publication”

16. Look for a topic by
clicking on “Search
Terms” or type a topic
of your choice in the
second keyword
search box.

17. Select the year, then
volume and issue
and browse through
the articles in the
results list

18. Put cursor on
magnifying
glass to read
abstract
Click on the PDF
Full Text link to
download and
read the article

20. Print
Email
Save
Export

21. Select an access
point.
The OhioLINK EJC is
always the best
choice.

22. Select a
year, volume and
issue and click on
your choice.

23. Click on PDF Full
Text to download
and read the
article.

24. Save
Print

25. Click on article
title

26. Click on
“Email this article” to do
so and click on “Export
to Refworks” link

28. Click on
article title

29. Click on “PDF
Full Text” to
download and
read article

30. Save
Print

31. Click on
“Email this article” to do
so and click on “Export
to Refworks” link

32.  For
some
disciplines, it’s best to
head to a subject
specific database and
search there. Be sure
to click the “scholarly
peer-reviewed
journals” link. This is
an option, of
course, for all
disciplines

Business, Stats,
Accounting,
Management -- Business
Source Complete
 CJ -- Criminal Justice
Abstracts
 Theater -- International
Bibliography of Theater &
Dance with Full Text and Arts
and Humanities Citation Index
(ISI) and Academic Search
Complete

33. Select by
subject or title
to access
subject specific
databases

34. Reference librarians on duty 8a-4:30p, 6-9p
Monday – Thursday, 8a-4:30p Friday
and 10a-3:30p Sundays
1-2-1 sessions available by appointment
reference@onu.edu
Email t-moritz@onu.edu
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