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Journals are published regularly and contain the most recent information on a subject. To find an individual journal, search the Electronic Journals catalogue, using the title of the journal. If we don't have the journal/article you need use the Document Delivery service to request a copy. |
Google Scholar search finds journal articles and other high quality information, especially Open Access (freely accessible) scholarly information.
However, unlike Library databases, it has limited search options and functions. We we recommend that it should not be your sole source of information but to use in combination with appropriate Library databases.
Follow the steps shown in this video to:
For more information on Google Scholar, including search tips and citation metrics go to Google's help pages.
To make sure that your research is up to date, you will need to use academic journal articles. The quickest and easiest way to search for articles is to use a journal database.
Databases are collections of thousands of journals providing access to millions of articles. Some databases are subject specific and some are multidisciplinary covering many subject areas. You will usually need to use a combination of both.
Check the specific subject guides for the specialist databases in your subject area.