Tuesday 27 May 2008

Top tips - searching for journals

Here are two handy tips to use when searching for journal titles on the online catalogue:

1) Simple Search

When using this option you should enter only the keywords of the title. If you type in the full title including 'of' or 'the' the search will fail.

Examples
Journal of zoology
Type: journal zoology

International journal of primatology
Type: international journal primatology


2) Browse Search: Title

When the journal has a one word title such as 'Nature', 'Ecology', 'Evolution', or 'Ibis' it is better to search by title as a Browse Search. In this way the journal title will be at the top of the list of results and will save you the time it takes to look through the pages of results retrieved by a Simple Search.

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