Using articles from academic journals will update your research and help support the arguments you make in your essays and assignments.
This is a typical journal reference:
Gamble, A. (2012) Better off out? Britain and Europe. Political Quarterly, 83 ( 3), 467-477
This article was written by A Gamble (the author) and is about Britain's membership of the European Union (the article title). You can find it in the 2012 volume of the journal called Political Quarterly. The volume number is 83, and the article begins at page 467 in part 3.
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.
Google's Scholar search finds journal articles or other high quality information. It limits results to academic-related sources, such as peer reviewed journals, research based working papers, books and other scholarly resources. Its search functions are not as sophisticated as library databases, but it can be a good place for a quick introductory search on a topic.
Tip: To export any references to the Refworks database, go to the Scholar settings, choose the Bibliography Manager option and select 'Show links to import citations into' Refworks.
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Databases allow you to search for journal articles and other information by keyword, author or title. |
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Use our Search Tips guide to find out more about the range of symbols and search operators (truncation, wildcards, adjacency / proximity searching) that you can use to make your database searching more efficient and effective. The 'Help' section of any database will also help you make sure you are using the appropriate search functions. |