Find journal articles using Library Search

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• Find journal articles using Library Search
• Find a specific journal article
• Find articles on a topic 
• Find a specific journal
• Read the full text of an article
• Get an article that Herts does not have

Find journal articles using Library Search

Use Library Search to find journal articles, search for articles on a topic and access full-text articles available through Herts.

You can access Library Search from the StudyNet Online Library.

Find a specific journal article

If you know the article you are looking for:

1. Enter keywords into Library Search.
2. If you have the details, search using the author's surname, words from the article title and the journal name.
3. Look for the article in your search results.
4. If you cannot find it, use Refine Your Search to narrow your results by options such as date or material type.

Watch the video about finding journal articles.

 Find articles on a topic 

If you are researching a topic:

1. Enter keywords that describe your topic into Library Search.
2. Review your results and use Refine Your Search to narrow them by options such as date, subject area or material type.
3. Try different keywords and combinations of keywords if you are not finding relevant articles.

Find a specific journal

If you know the journal you are looking for:

1. Go to the A-Z of journals.
2. Search for the journal title.

Read the full text of an article

To read an article, open the article record in Library Search and follow the links to the full text.

Available articles will show Journal Article: Full Text Online.

For more help with searching, use the Searching unit in the Library SkillUP module. You can join the Canvas module and add it to your dashboard.

Get an article that Herts does not have

If an article or other item is not available from the University's Learning Resources Centres or Herts does not subscribe to it, you can request it through an Inter-library Loan (ILL).

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