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. Wire Services
Internet/ web sites
Periodicals
Books

7. Books (monographs)
Periodicals
Web Sites/ Internet
Wire Services

8.  Periodical
means the
same as Magazine
Usually magazines are
more “popular”
 Journals
Scholarly or Professional
Peer reviewed
See Research Guide
for HONR 231 for this
and other Handouts

9.  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

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

11.  Whatare 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

14. Type in discipline
Ie pharmacy or
international
theater
Select “periodicals”
from drop down
menu

17. Click on issue you
wish to browse and
then on the title of
the particular article

18.  Depends on the database where article is
indexed the best way to go about this
project.
• EbscoHost product, click on “cited references”
• EJC, check to see if reference listed at end of
article
• JSTOR and others, need an option
 Secondary option: Google Scholar

19.  Visit Journal Finder

20. Locating tools
Serials Solutions
Available on Heterick Periodical Articles
page
Includes virtually all E-journals received
including:
Databases (Lexis/Nexis)
EJC
Government periodicals
Universities & learned societies

22. NOTE:
Database journal is indexed
Moving wall of accessibility
Westlaw is not for you
ISSN (important for several
reasons)

24.  Interlibrary
Loan
 Cut and paste
 Emails the request
 Received in 3-5 days as pdf attachment in
your ONU email
• Inter Library Loan

29. Remember ILL!

31. •Always check to see what is
available at an external site and
what that availability entails
•May need to ILL as you should
never have to pay for any articles

34.  Head back to POLAR and look up the title
to see years available
• Some may be available full text from other
database or available in print
• Starting at Heterick is still the BEST way
 www.scholar.google.com -- secondary
source to see whether you have free
access to the references

36.  Search for article title in scholar
 “Find it with OLINKs” or “OhioLINK Olinks” will
display automatically on campus
 For off campus display, set your preferences in
GS by entering “Ohio Northern University” in the
box marked “institutional access”
 If you have a gmail account, you’ll only need to
do this once
 Go ahead and select Refworks as your
bibliography manager

37. ILL opportunity!!!

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Monday – Thursday, 8a-4p Friday
and 10a-3:30p Sundays
One-on-one sessions available by appointment
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