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HOW TO FIND A JOURNAL
1.FIRST CHECK TO SEE IF THE JOURNAL YOU NEED IS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE WEB
2.IF YOU CAN’T ACCESS THE JOURNAL ON THE WEB, THEN SEARCH ALEPH TO FIND THE PRINT VERSION
1.FIRST CHECK TO SEE IF THE JOURNAL YOU NEED IS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE WEB
EXAMPLE:
IS THE
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICSAVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY?
HOW TO FIND A JOURNAL
OPEN THE LIBRARIES’ WEB SITE AT http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
GO TOJournalsIN THE TOP
MENU BAR
Electronic JournalsAND CLICK ON
THIS WILL OPEN UP THE LIBRARIES’ JOURNAL PORTAL …
Journal of chemical
TYPE IN SOME KEYWORDS FROM THE
JOURNAL TITLE
JOURNAL CHEMICAL PHYSICS
AND CLICK ON
SEARCH
YOUR RESULTS SCREEN SHOWS ALL THE JOURNALS WITH THOSE KEYWORDS IN THE TITLE
CLICK ON THE FULL TEXT CHECK MARK TO OPEN THE JOURNAL ON THE WEBJournal of Chemical
Physics IS AVAILABLE FROM
THREE VENDORS: THE PUBLISHER, EBSCO,
AND SWETSWISE
THE Online Coverage COLUMN TELLS YOU WHAT YEARS THEY
OFFER
1. FIRST CHECK TO SEE IF THE JOURNAL YOU NEED IS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE WEB
2. IF YOU CAN’T ACCESS THE JOURNAL ON THE WEB, THEN SEARCH ALEPH TO FIND THE PRINT VERSION
HOW TO FIND A JOURNAL
EXAMPLE: IS THE JOURNAL
SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITYHELD BY THE LIBRARIES IN PRINT FORMAT?
RETURN TO THE LIBRARIES’ HOME PAGEAT www.lib.uct.ac.za
Then click on Catalogue (ALEPH) on the top MENU BAR
THE BROWSE SCREEN OPENS UP ...
The dropdown box lets you choose the index you want to browse in.
Select JOURNAL
TITLE from the dropdown
box
THIS CALLS UP THE CATALOGUE RECORD FOR THE JOURNAL ...
The HOLDINGS field tells you which volumes the Library stocks
The SHELF MARK
(or Shelf Number) tells you where the journal
will be shelved
ASK A LIBRARIAN IF YOU NEED
ASSISTANCE !!!
For a detailed guide to using the Catalogue, visit our Info Skills Corner
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/Training/lit/infoskills.htm