Irhr Findign Journal Articals

IRHR1001 – Finding Journal Articles

Introduction

There are usually two reasons to look for journal articles:

You may have been given/found the details of a specific journal article that you would like to read and so you need to find the article – See Section A.

OR

You have been asked to research a topic and you need to find some relevant journal articles on a particular subject using keyword searches – See Section B.

This guide will cover both types of search.

How to find a specific journal article

The essential information needed to find a specific journal article is the author’s name, the title of the journal article, the title of the journal, the year of publication, a volume or issue number if there is one and the page number of the article.

Let’s use a specific example of a journal article which is required reading for the first IRHR1001 assignment task:

This is the citation (details) for the journal article:

Bramel, D. (1981) Hawthorne, the Myth of the Docile Worker, and Class Bias in Psychology,

American Psychologist, 36(8) pp. 867-878.

Go to the Library home page http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/

Type the full title of the journal (NOT the journal article) into the Library Catalogue search box, making sure there are no spelling errors.

Click Search

The first result in the list is for the print version of the journal, listed as Serial/Journal.

The second result is for the online version of the journal, listed as Electronic Resource. This result lists 2 sources for the journal:

Journals@Ovid Full Text

Journals@Ovid PsycArticles

Note that both databases have the same coverage – 1946-present.

The date of the article we are looking for is 1981 so it does not matter which of these databases we choose.

Click on the link for Journals@Ovid PsycArticles and the database will automatically open at the home page for American Psychologist journal.

On the left of the page is a Journal Issue list arranged...