When you’re searching for a journal article on a topic, or for an assignment, you can go to LibrarySearch. Either type the title of the article and the author’s surname into the ‘All’ search box, or search for the journal title in the ‘Journals by Title’ box (this does take longer!)
Always click ‘View Online’ to follow a link to the journal article PDF.
If the journal article doesn’t show up in LibrarySearch, try using Senate House Library’s catalogue – they have a wide range of resources too. If you haven’t already, pre-register for access to their online resources here.
If that still doesn’t work, try Google Scholar to see if a PDF is available.
Still nothing? Request the article using Royal Holloway’s inter-library loan service and if possible, we’ll email you the article. You’ll need an inter-library loans voucher from your departmental administrator, and then complete the online form above – the team will let you know how your request is going!
So what with all those options, you should be able to get hold of almost any article!
Browsing journals online can be difficult, depending on the database that you have to use to access them. You can use the ‘Journals by Title’ search in LibrarySearch to find a publication.
Some are very easy to use, and make it clear where the most recent issue is – such as in the video above.
Here are some examples relevant to Media Arts which are a little more complicated…
Accessing Variety using the FIAF database
To look up access options for the Variety magazine, go to LibrarySearch (librarysearch.rhul.ac.uk) and use the ‘Journals by Title’ search:
Select ‘View Online’ to see the access options:
If you’re using FIAF, you should be taken to a page with some bibliographic information on the journal, and under ‘List of issues’ a collapsible list of contents pages, which should link to the PDF of articles wherever possible:
Click ‘PDF’ to view the article.
Accessing Screen International using the Nexis UK database
Some publications, like ‘Screen International’ are only available via the Nexis UK database. You will need to follow the link to Nexis, but then try using the date range filters to narrow down the range of articles. Clicking ‘Search’ should take you to a recent list.
ScienceDirect is one of our major databases. It contains thousands of Full text journal articles. Beyond its core collection of Science and Life Science titles, ScienceDirect also includes many Economic and Social Sciences and a few Arts and Humanities titles. Most subscriptions to titles go back to at least 1995 but in many cases we have purchased backfiles which take us back further.
Important Note: We don’t subscribe to every journal contained in ScienceDirect. If you find something we don’t subscribe to follow these steps to finding journal articles.
You can either use the Quick Search bar located on the top of every page with a navigation bar, or use the Advanced search button for a more enhanced search.
For Quick Search:
1. Enter your search term(s) in one or more of the following fields
All fields
Author
Journal/book title
Volume
Issue
Page
2. Click or press Enter to begin your search and display your article search results.
For Advanced Searching:
1. From the ScienceDirect homepage, click the Search button on the navigation bar.
The search page will open.
2. The search page offers several different search forms, including: All Sources, Journals, Books, and Reference Works, select your preferred search form
4. Enter your search terms and use the pre-defined Advanced Search fields to further refine your search. The search fields include:
Abstract, Title, Keywords
Authors
Specific Author
Source Title
Title
Keywords
Abstract
References
ISSN
ISBN
Affiliation
Full Text
All Fields
Note: The available Advanced Search fields vary depending on the type of content you are searching.
5. Search a specific publication type. Example: Use the Advanced Journals search form to search only journals or only books.
6. If desired, limit your search in the following ways:
document type
date
subject
7. Click or press Enter to begin your search and display your article search results.
Note: You can further refine, edit, and save your search, in addition to setting up search alerts from your results page.
Nexis is a comprehensive newspaper database, updated daily, providing full text access to all UK national newspapers, plus regional newspapers, international news providers and a number of trade journals and magazines. Most titles have a twenty year archive. UK newspaper titles include:
Financial Times
Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday
Independent / Independent on Sunday
Guardian / Observer
Daily Telegraph / Sunday Telegraph
Daily Mirror / Sunday Mirror
London Evening Standard
The Scotsman / Scotland on Sunday
In addition, 2300 international news providers are covered including The International Herald Tribune, The New Yorker, USA Today, India Today and the Japan Times and over 500 UK regional newspapers are also covered.
You can also find::
Company Information
Industry Information
Country Information
Biographies
To search these headings select them from the menu at the top of the page.
To Access Nexis:
Select Nexis from the Databases A-Z list or select the link from your subject guides where it appears.
From the first page, click to accept the Terms and Conditions to proceed to the database.
Browsing Nexis
To see a list of all UK newspapers covered by Nexis:
Select the Sources tab (at the top left of the screen)
From the tabs beneath this select Browse Sources
Change Filter by country to the country you are interested in (e.g. United Kingdom).
Select the News folder under publication type
Select the Newspapers folder.
A list of titles will now appear, and you can search these individually or in groups.
Searching Nexis
To search for articles, first check that you have the Search and News tabs selected from the options in the top left of the screen.
Enter your keywords into the search box and select a time period. Using In the Headline orMajor Mentions options from the drop-down menu ensures that your hits will be more relevant. This is useful for when your search is likely to retrieve a great number of articles.
The list of results displayed gives only brief details. To view the full article, click on the highlighted title of the article.
As well as newspaper articles you can use Nexis to gather information about a company, industry, country and people.
How to find articles from a particular publication
Open the News search form.
Select a source from the Sources drop-down list. For example, Irish Publications.
Select a date range in Specify date. For example, Previous year.
Sometimes you may have found an article you think will be very useful for your research but you can’t quickly find it on Library Search. Don’t give up!
Not all articles will appear when you search Library Search for them by title but we may still have a subscription to the journal. Go to the Journals by Title option on Library Search. Type in the Journal title. If you were looking for this article:
Ver Straeten, C. A. (2013), Beneath it all: bedrock geology of the Catskill Mountains and implications of its weathering. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1298: 1–29. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12221
The title of the journal is Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Search for this and you go to the main page for the journal. Select the year, volume and issue to find the article. In most cases you could search within the title by author or article title.
2. Check Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a useful resource when you are trying to track down articles. As a database it won’t cover as much as our databases but it can help you find ways to access material.
Note: Set your Google Scholar Settings to link to Senate House and RHUL – more information here.
As well as allowing you to check both RHUL libraries and Senate Hose it also brings back information from some Online Repositories.
3. Check Senate House
Although most of the time Google Scholar will tell you if Senate House has something online it is always worth double checking. Search for the Journal Title at Senate house
4. Inter-Library Loan
If we don’t have the journal and neither does Senate House, consider requesting an Inter-Library Loan. This service is available to members of College.
5. Other Libraries
See if another library has it, and visit yourself: use the information on the Other Libraries page.
If in doubt, always check with your Information Consultant before spending any money online.
Over the next few weeks you will find that library search will be getting better. The first change you may notice is that the journals A-Z looks different. Here are some key features that have been upgraded:
1. Simple search box, defaulting to “Contains” with option of “Starts with” and “Exact” – the same set up as existing A-Z but a radio button instead of a drop-down.
2. The results are listed with Starts with: instead of page numbers for easier browsing.
3. Access options listed on screen – no need to click on Find it@Royal Holloway
4. Provides additional information for related titles.
Welcome to Royal Holloway! To succeed on your course you will need to be able to search and find information quickly and effectively. To get you off to a good start here are 5 top tips:
1. Finding ebooks
We have a growing number of ebooks which you can access at any time.
To access ebooks you first need to search LibrarySearch. Search by author or keyword in the search box and then narrow your search by selecting RHUL Library Catalogue Only and Limit to Items with Online Full Text Available on the left hand side of the screen. Have a look at the short video below for a demonstration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVLrgngJxY
2. Searching for scholarly journals
Business Source Complete is a good place to start as it contains thousands of scholarly articles covering all aspects of business and management theory. You can search by keyword, subject, or for a specific article if you already have the details. Both databases also allow you to set-up alerts on topics that interest you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-yP6cAjZE
You may prefer to use Google Scholar to find articles for your assignemts. You can configure Google Scholar to show an access link where full text access through a Royal Holloway subscription is available. To do this follow the steps below:
Sign in to your Google account if you have one. This will allow you to set the preferences so that you can access articles through the Royal Holloway access link on any computer
Click on the ‘Settings’ link in the top right corner
Under Library Links search for Royal Holloway and check the box next to ‘Royal Holloway, University of London – Find it @RHUL’
Finally click the ‘Save’ button
When using these links you will be prompted for your Royal Holloway logon
3. Finding newspaper articles in Nexis
Nexis is a great resource for finding full text newspaper articles and it includes hundreds of UK and international newspapers. You can browse Nexis to see which newspapers are covered or you can search for specific newspapers or groups of newspapers.
Browsing Nexis
To see a list of all UK newspapers covered by Nexis:
Select the Sources tab (at the top left of the screen)
From the tabs beneath this select Browse Sources
Change Filter by country to the country you are interested in (e.g. United Kingdom).
Select the News folder under publication type
Select the Newspapers folder.
A list of titles will now appear, and you can search these individually or in groups.
Searching Nexis
To search for articles, first check that you have the Search and News tabs selected from the options in the top left of the screen.
Enter your keywords into the search box and select a time period. Using In the Headline or Major Mentions options from the drop-down menu ensures that your hits will be more relevant. This is useful for when your search is likely to retrieve a great number of articles.
The list of results displayed gives only brief details. To view the full article, click on the highlighted title of the article.
As well as newspaper articles you can use Nexis to gather information about a company, industry, country and people.
4. Developing effective research skills
Knowing how to effectively search online resources will enhance your academic work. Take a look at one of our library skills courses IS223 How To Research Your Assignment for a step by step guide. This course will help you to identify the key concepts from a given assignment, select the best keywords and show you how to put them together to form an effective search strategy.
For a bit of fun take a look at this video!
5.. Avoiding plagiarism
You will hear the word ‘plagiarism’ referred to alot so what is it and how can I avoid it? Plagiarism involves the process of using or copying someone else’s work and pretending that you thought of it or created it. Plagiarism is viewed as a form of cheating and is a serious academic misconduct.
The most common forms of plagiarism are:
cut / copy and pasted material from the Web
copying the work of another student (past or present) including essay material, laboratory data or computer source code
copying course material or lecture notes
copying material out of a textbook or journal
You can help avoid accidental plagiarism through the proper attribution of source material (i.e. correct referencing). Always make sure you take time to reference accurately and don’t be afraid to ask for help!
There are a number of college resources available to help you understand plagiarism and how to avoid it. The Academic Support Team provide useful and interactive guides on how to understand and avoid plagiarism. See the section ‘Study Resources’ on their web pages. The Library also has a self study course IS226 Introduction to Referencing, Citing and Biliographies course which will get you started.
Correct referencing to avoid plagiarism
Through the use of correct referencing you can avoid ‘accidental plagiarism’. Referencing, also referred to a ‘citing’, is the process of adding ‘references’ (or ‘citations’) an a ‘bibliography’ within your course work. A reference is a clearly identified ‘note’ that states that you are referring to someone else’s work and what the work is that you are referring to.
Referencing must be carried out in a specific ‘style’ as required by the School. The School of Management uses a style of referencing called Harvard. The Harvard Referencing Summary Sheet from Judge Business School is a useful guide which will help you with both your in text citations and bibliography.