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LHS Reusable Content: Journals and Articles

What is a Journal?

 

Journals (also known as magazines, serials or periodicals) are published regularly (weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually) and contain the most recent information on a subject.
The Library subscribes to a wide range of journals in both print and electronic format.

 

How do I search for journal articles on a topic?

If you need to find journal articles for your essay or other piece of work the best place to start is our Library databases.  You can find out all about our databases in the Databases section of this guide.

To get you started the key databases include:

How do I find journal articles?

Electronic Journals

Search our Electronic Journals for the title of the journal you need.

No E-Journal available?

If it's not available online, it may be available in hard-copy on the Journals shelves - search the Library Catalogue by journal title.

Otherwise, use the Document Delivery service to request a copy of the article.

How do I find journal articles? (2021)

USearch

Looking for a few journal articles to get your research started?  USearch is a great place to start.

Distinguishing between scholarly research articles and professional articles

Sadler, C. (2016) Inside the fragile world of eating disorders. Nursing Standard, 30(49), 20-22.

Simic, M., Stewart, C. S., Konstantellou, A., Hodstall, J., Eisler, I. and Baudinet, J. (2022) From efficacy to effectiveness: child and adolescent eating disorder treatments in the real world (part 1)—treatment course and outcomes. Journal of Eating Disorders,10(27). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00553-6 [Accessed 5 May 2022].