Find a journal at UCT Libraries

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

WHEN THE CATALOGUE OPENS UP ...

Click on BROWSE

Note: the catalogue is called ALEPH

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

And click GO

Type in the TITLE of the journal you want

systematics and biodiversity

A LIST OF JOURNAL TITLES OPENS UP ...

Click on the TITLE of the journal you want

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