Information & Research Support

One of the most frequently-asked questions at the InfoHelp Desk is, "How do I find journal articles?".
This page tells you where to look to find the answers.

• InfoHelp Guides
• I want information on a topic
• I know the Journal title
• How do I reference in APA style?
• Where can I get more help?

Guides to Finding Journal Articles. You need to work through at least one of the following guides to understand the process of finding journal articles.

• Finding Journal Articles: an InfoHelp survival guide
• Finding Journal Articles Online Tutorial - InfoHelp's Interactive Guide to Searching Journal Indexes
• VISA: Virtual Information Skills Activity
  Section on Journal Articles and Journal Indexes and Abstracts
• Finding Journal Articles This online guide can also be printed out in Word format, and printed copies are available near the Townsville InfoHelp desk.

Finding Journal Articles
When you want to find information on a topic but don't have an exact reference, you need to use an online journal database.

• Electronic Databases for Education
  Information on indexing, abstracting and fulltext resources for identifying appropriate journal articles
• Electronic Databases
  Alphabetical list of all electronic databases available at JCU

Finding Journal Articles - when you know the title of the Journal

• Tropicat
  If you know the title of the journal, (N.B. not the article title), you can look it up on Tropicat.
  Print journal entries include subject headings,
  e.g. Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals
  Electronic journals do not always provide subject headings.

Referencing

• Interpreting References written in APA style. Shows the pattern for different types of references, e.g. a book; a chapter in a book; a print journal article.
• Referencing Styles Guide General information about referencing, and a link to the JCU APA style guide

Further help

• Check to see if InfoHelp has any tutorial sessions available.
• Look for InfoHelp's web-based and printed guides
• Ask InfoHelp
• Electronic Journals
  Find electronic journals available online at JCU - browse by title/subject lists or search by title/ISSN
• Electronic Journals in Education [needs updating]
  Includes links to both subscriptions and free ejournals, plus links to information about ejournals
• Subject Resources
  Some of JCU's subject resources pages include links to free electronic journals

Education Resources

 

JCU Library | Tropicat | School of Education | JCU Homepage

Please contact Helen Hooper if you have any comments, suggestions or additions.

Updated March 2006 by lbcy,
Information and Research Support, James Cook University.