Enter the abbreviation you have to run the search.
Every term you enter will be included in the search. If you enter j bus ethics there
will be two results for the search: Journal of business ethics: JBE and Business & professional
ethics journal. The title abbreviation for the first is J Bus Ethics and the title
abbreviation for the second is Bus Prof Ethics J. Both abbreviations contain all three
terms you entered in the search. The order in which they occur is ignored when the search is run.
In addition to these two search results, a number of alternate suggestions are given for
abbreviations that are very similar to what you entered.
If you have a citation for an article, and you are concerned because you only have the title
abbreviation for the journal, you can still run a search for the article in PubMed. You
cannot search for a journal title using the abbreviation in Ovid.
In PubMed, use the Single
Citation Matcher, enter the abbreviation for the journal where it asks for the name of the journal
and enter as much of the remaining information as you have from the citation to search for the article.
An electronic journal, or e-journal, is a journal whose articles are available online. In most cases, e-journals are also published in print. The electronic version usually exists only from a particular point in time on, often starting in the 1990's.
Is there a difference between the print and electronic copies of a journal?Return to top of page
The ads found in the print copy of a journal will not be included in the electronic form for that
journal.
Some journals choose not to include editorials, letters to the editor or other columns.
Supplement issues may not be available electronically.
The illustrations may not be included in electronic copies of an article, although this is becoming
less common as PDF is the most common format for the article copies.
While the Clinic has always supported our library budget
well, journal prices can increase more than 10% per year, rising much faster
than our journal budget. We are constantly evaluating journals to add
to the collection, just as we are always looking to see what journals are not
used often and can be cancelled. If you have a suggestion for a journal
we should purchase, please email your suggestion to library@ccf.org and
we will evaluate it for the next subscription year. This
applies to either a print or electronic subscription.
Print journals are included in our library catalog and in our Journal Finder
database. To search by title in our catalog click here: title search and type the title
from the beginning. It
is not necessary to type "The" when it is the first word of a
title. You can also use a keyword
search, specifying
JOURNAL as the material type and typing t: before words from
the journal title when you are not certain of the exact title of a journal. This
is very useful when you aren't sure if the title is "International Journal
of Science" or "Journal of Science" or just "Science".
You can also find out whether or not the library subscribes to a journal
in print by following the directions for locating electronic journals. Those search results will show both print and
electronic subscriptions.
A search of the catalog can provide more information regarding a specific issue than this second
method will.
Where do I look when the catalog says something is in the Journal Stacks?Return to top of page
Journals are shelved on both floors of the library. Journals from 1990 through the most current
issues are on the main floor and journals from approximately 1975 through 1989 are on the second floor.
On the main floor, the journals are shelved following the books, as you go toward the back of the
library.
All journals are shelved alphabetically by title. Except for titles beginning with A, An
and The, every word in a title is considered when the titles are alphabetized. Journal of
cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia is shelved before Journal of cardiothoracic anesthesia
because the word "and" comes before "anesthesia" alphabetically.
For most journals, the most recent copy we have received can be found on the short shelves at the
front of the library.
How do I find out what the most recent issue is that is available?Return to top of page How do I check to see if a specific year or issue is available? What does all the information in the boxes mean when I follow the Latest
Received link, and why would it matter to me? Why do some journals have a link for Latest Received and others don't?
The answers to these questions are related in how you find the answers, so they are grouped together.
The catalog record for a journal shows when the library's subscription to a journal began, along with
the most recent issue that has been received. A notation that a volume is incomplete is an
indication that one or more issues is missing from that volume. This is important to remember if
you are searching for an issue from that volume. This search example for Anticancer Research
shows that our print subscription began in 1987 with Volume 6. Volume 18 is incomplete, that is not
all issues were received for this volume. If you are looking for an issue from Volume 18, you will
need to check the shelves to see if we have it or not.
The entry opposite the Latest Received link shows the most recent issue we have received,
including the date, volume and issue number.
Following the Latest Received link takes you to a display in a boxed format.
Each box in the display represents one issue of the journal.
The last box that is labeled ARRIVED, or the last entry before the first box labeled
EXPECTED indicates the most recent issue the library has received. In the example above, the
most recently received issue is the Nov-Dec 2005 one.
The date at the top of the box indicates the date of the issue.
BOUND indicates that this issue has been bound into a hardcover volume. Multiple issues
will be found in a bound volume. TO BIND indicates that the issue has left the library to be
bound into a volume and is not available in our library in print temporarily. ARRIVED
indicates that an issue has been received. EXPECTED indicates that the subscription is still
active, but that particular issue has not been received in the library yet.
The most recently received issue will be shelved on the current journal shelves and earlier ones
with this notation will be found in the stacks with the bound volumes for that journal.
The bottom line in the box indicates the volume and issue number that are defined in that box.
The volume and issue are separated by a colon.
Journal records in the catalog that do not contain a Latest Received link indicate we no
longer subscribe to that journal. The start and stop dates for the copies we have on the shelves
are shown in the catalog record.
Use the tools available in the box labeled Find Journals on the library's homepage:
To search for a journal enter words from the title in the first box. Using the default option
for your search is generally a better way to search as the commonly used "name" for a journal may not be
the full or accurate title.
Searching for "clinical oncology" using Title begins with returns 3 journals.
Searching for "clinical oncology" using Title contains all words returns 13 journals, so
you wouldn't want to use the Title begins with search unless you were certain of a journal's
title.
Almost all the electronic journals we subscribe to contain the full text of the articles.
Many of the articles include a link to the abstracts, or open to the abstracts. If you
look, there is usually a link to the full text of the article available.
Some of the journals of conference proceedings will just contain the abstracts for the presentations.
Why do some journals not include the most recent ones?Return to top of page What is meant by an "embargo" for an electronic journal?
Some publishers will not permit electronic access to the most recent issues of a particular journal
title. This may only be in effect for institutions and is not necessarily the same for personal
subscriptions to that same journal.
An embargo refers to the time span for the publisher's delay in making electronic access available.
This varies and may be a month, or several months, a year or even more than one year. This
is why you should pay attention to the date ranges for a title when you are searching for electronic
access to journals and articles.
This example for Biomedical market newsletter shows it is available from 3 different databases.
These databases contain access to many, many different periodicals (journals). The vendors that
produce the different databases decide which titles they will include in a collection and this is beyond
either our local control, or OhioLINK's control. As a result you may see the same title in more
than one database collection.
In this example, notice that a different range of dates is available in each database.
You need to be certain that you select a database that contains the year you are looking for when
there are more than one to choose from.
If you encounter any problems connecting with one database, you should try another that covers the
time period you need.
Why can't I access all the electronic journals from off-campus?Return to top of page
Not all electronic journals are licensed for use off-campus.
Your SecurID Card will not provide you with access to any electronic journals, you must use
the authentication procedures mentioned above to use electronic journals from off-campus.
Why is (insert your favorite journal title here) not available electronically?Return to top of page
There are a number of different reasons we may not have an electronic subscription to a journal:
The publisher may not produce an electronic copy of the journal.
The publisher may not allow online access to a journal. Some publishers deny an institution, such
as a library, the ability to purchase electronic access. They may only offer online access to their
personal subscribers.
Publishers often allow individuals that subscribe to their journals in print to have free online
access. This is not the case with libraries; they not only pay more for the printed journal, they
often pay additional costs for the online access as well.
Online access for the journal may be cost prohibitive. The additional charge to receive online
access to a journal we receive in print may be triple or more the cost of the print subscription.
We may not know that a journal is available electronically. There are thousands of journals
available online, and more being added all the time. It is not possible for us to be aware of all
the relevant journals. If you feel that there is a journal available electronically, please call
the library at (216) 444-5697 and we will look into it.
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