Magazine and Journal Article Finding Aids
Magazine and Journal Articles
Use indexes to identify magazine and journal articles. Most periodical indexes are available via the web. Search by key words describing your topic. You will receive a list of citations to published articles and often the full text as well.
It is also important to understand when you should use journal articles and when magazine articles are acceptable sources.
- Identify Scholarly Articles - from UW-Madison
Finding Aids
Indexes and Databases to identify published articles on your topic.
- Access
- UW-Stout community has free access to these indexes.
- Off-campus, enter your UW-Stout e-mail user name and password when prompted.
- Choosing which index to use
- Indexes page:
Major vendor sites are listed on the left.
- Many vendors have a variety of specialized indexes.
- EbscoHost is a good starting place for most topics.
- Check mark Academic Search Elite and Masterfile Premier for general coverage of a wide variety of topics.
- Add any other specialized indexes that apply.
- Indexes page: Subject List (in the center) is used to identify specialized subject indexes. Click on a subject for a list of indexes. The bolded titles are the most popular choices. Click a title to go directly to the vendor's site.
- Indexes page: Alpha List of databases (on the right) lists all of the periodical indexes and databases in the University Library, including online and CD-ROM formats.
- Indexes page: SuperSearch:
is a gateway for searching for articles and books at the same
time. You can design custom search categories using a variety of periodical
indexes and the Stout Library Catalog.
- How to construct searches in indexes
- Sample
Search Constructions and Boolean Logic Keyword searching
- Too Many Search Results? from UW-Madison Flash demo! (Turn on your audio)
- Too Few Search Results? from UW-Madison Flash demo! (Turn on your audio)
- Instructions for Specific Databases
- Database Instructions and Symbols (step-by-step print instructions)
- Finding Articles: EbscoHost Flash demo! (Turn on your audio)
- Finding Articles: Using WilsonWeb Education Index Flash demo! (Text only version)
- Finding Literary Criticism Articles: WilsonWeb Flash demo!
- Using EbscoHost PsycInfo: Basic SearchUFlash demo! (Text only version)
- Find It! FAQ
Use "Find It" button when an article is not available
full-text. It tells if the library owns the periodical, or if the article
is full-text in another vendor's database. - SuperSearch FAQ Answers questions on how to search across databases using the Quick sets or subject categories of combined databases. Teaches how to set up customized sets of databases and save results. Supersearch Basic Flash Demo (Turn on your audio)
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- Other useful lists
- Journals/Mags/News@Stout Choose Periodicals Holdings to check for the periodical issue you need. It tells if periodical is available in UW-Stout Library, or online in a database.
- Journals and Magazines on the WWW For special full-text collections.
Last Updated: 06/13/2008 and Last Revised: 4/28/2008
Contact Denise Madland for more information or help on this topic.