Journal Title Search
Using Summon
We will find the full text of the article
Jose A Obeso et al* 2010 Missing pieces in the Parkinson's disease puzzle. Nature Medicine 16(6) 653 - 661
* and others
Copy the article title.
Open Summon and click on Advanced search.
Paste some or all of the article title into the With these words in the title box.
Enclose the title in double quotes.
Click on the Search button or press the Enter key.
If more than one item turns up make sure you check the article title, journal title, volume and page numbers.
There may be duplicate entries if the article is found from more than one supplier of journals.
Click on the Full text link.
Using The Catalogue
We will try to find the article
Paddon-Jones, D. 2006
Interplay of Stress and Physical Inactivity on Muscle Loss: Nutritional Countermeasures. Journal of Nutrition 136(8) 2123-2126.
use Journal or Newspaper Title search in the by box.
enter the journal title (e.g. journal of nutrition) not the article title in the Search for: box.
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If you are still connected to the Library catalogue use ALT-TAB to return and then choose Journal Title in the by: box.
Click in the Search for: box, type journal of nutrition and press ENTER, or click Search. |
The Catalogue search for the journal title Journal of Nutrition finds 2 records for this title.
Look at the second title. This leads to electronic versions of the journal.
Click on the journal title.
Click on Access for University of Adelaide staff and students.
Click on one of the links that includes the date of the article you want.
You may be challenged to provide your student number and password.
The web site of the journal will appear.
Click on the link Archives.
Click on the year 2006.
Select the month you want.
Scroll through the issue until you find the page numbers and title for the article you want.
The PDF version is usually the best format for printing.
You could also search for the article using Advanced Search on the journal web site.
Enter the details for year, volume and first page
Click on the Submit button
Return to the Library Catalogue to view the record for the print version of the journal
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Click on the first title to get the full record. |
The record selected gives you details about the printed journal available from within The Barr Smith Library (and Joint Store).
Scroll down to see the journal's: location, call number, volumes and years held.
There will usually be a link to the electronic version of a journal if the Library has a subscription to that format.
A print journal's location depends on how recently the issue was received.
Current journals collection - a collection of recent issues of 130 of the most popular journals.
Main collection - journal volumes are shelved with books; volumes of a journal are usually shelved together at the same call number. Exceptions will be noted on the catalogue.
Special locations - a few journals are shelved in special locations e.g. the Reserve collection. The catalogue shows any special locations.
Joint Library Store - Older journal material may be here.
The Catalogue shows
The Library holds printed volumes of Journal of nutrition since volume 1 issue 1 1928 to volume 137, no. 11 November 2007.
Some of the holdings may be listed under Notes:
and other holdings listed under Library Has:
It's important to check each of these to make sure you find what The Library has and where.
v. 1, no. 1 - v. 20, no. 6 (1928:Sep. - 1940:Dec.)
Means that the library holds ALL THE VOLUMES from volume 1 issue 1 published in 1928 up to and including volume 20 issue number 6 published in 1940.
if a volume is listed with a due date as the status, it is on loan.
Summary
You should now know how to:
search Summon and the Catalogue for a journal
determine whether the Library holds a given volume/year/issue
Now go to MyUni to answer Question 6.
Go to the next section Finding Electronic Resources
Back to the previous section of the tutorial Known Journal Article Search: Journal Citation and Abbreviations
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