Journal Articles vs. Journal Issues:

• When you want to locate journal articles on a given topic in electronic format, go to our Research by Subject page. These large electronic indexes are purchased by the Library and allow you to search the content of individual journal articles from many different journals. They provide access to the citation, abstract and often the full text of an article. If the Library does not subscribe to the journal in print, you many request an Interlibrary Loan for the article. Information pages describing each database are available to the right of the resource link on the Library's Research by Subject page.
  

  Example: To find journal articles on "Multiple-personality disorder" go to our Databases by Subject page and search under Multi-Subject: "Academic Search Premier" and "PA Research II"; under Health: "Health Source: Nursing/Academic"; and under Social Sciences: "PsycARTICLES" and "PsycINFO".

• When you want to locate the a specific journal issue or title in electronic format (e.g. "The Education Digest" or "Journal of Accountancy"), there are several points of access. Follow the suggestions below.
  
  

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Locating E-Journals:

If Saint Joseph's University Library subscribes to a journal in electronic format, it can be located by using either the Library catalog. or SJU's E-Journal Locator. Note that most "E-journals" are restricted to currently registered faculty, staff and students at Saint Joseph's University.

• Search the Library catalog by journal title.
  
  
  
• Search 's E-Journal Locator by subject.
  
  
  
• Browse 's E-Journal Locator by subject.
  
  
  
• Browse E-Journal Lists in the catalog by subscription* database:

  ABI/INFORM Global (via ProQuest)
  Academic Search Premier (via EBSCOhost)
  Business Source Complete (via EBSCOhost)
  HealthSource: Nursing/academic edition (via EBSCOhost)
  JSTOR
  LexisNexis® Academic
  Newspaper Source (via EBSCOhost)
  ProQuest Research Library (via ProQuest)
  PsycARTICLES (via ProQuest)
  
  

• View E-Journals Collections:

	(via catalog)	(via publisher's site)
ACM Digital Library
American Chemical Society (ACS)	Browse titles	Search
American Mathematical Society (AMS)		Search
American Physical Society (APS)	Browse titles	Search
American Society for Microbiology
Annual Reviews
EBSCO Print+		Search
Elsevier ScienceDirect* *(those journals to which the Drexel Library subscribes in print)	Browse titles
History Cooperative* *(those journals to which the Drexel Library subscribes in print)		Search
IEEE Computer Society
Wiley InterScience	Browse titles	Search

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Browse E-Journal lists freely available on the Web

  Several institutions have compiled lists of journals available for free, although registration for access privileges may be required.:

  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
  • Government Periodicals - University of Louisville has compiled a list of
    hundreds of U.S. government periodicals presented both by subject area, and in alphabetical order.
  • Highwire Press
  • PubMed Central
    

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E-Journal Tips:

Many journals are still not available in electronic format.

Some journals are available in electronic format only.

Many E-journals are only available with a limited date coverage.

If you are not sure which database covers the journal you wish to search, try these finding aids:

Jake

Search this freely available service for your journal by title or ISSN.  If the journal is indexed in an electronic database, a list will appear telling you which database to use.

Ulrich's

Search this SJU subscription for your journal by title, ISSN, or title abbreviation.  Click on the journal title you are looking for and check the "Document Access" and "Other Editions/Formats" tabs to find where a journal is Abstracted/Indexed and where full-text is available.

 

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Copyright Notice:

The systematic downloading of search results, entire journal issues, complete journal volumes or attempts to download the entire database is strictly prohibited by the license agreement between the publishers of these journals and Saint Joseph's University.

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Kristine Mudrick Serials / Electronic Resources Librarian Saint Joseph's University	Last revision / review:  November 30, 2006