Mahoney Library’s Online & Print Journals List will be down for a system upgrade on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from approximately Noon to 6:00pm 3:00am-9:00am. It likely will only be down for 2 or 3 hours, but should any problems arise, may not be available until 9:00am.
This also means that when you search a database, the ‘Search for Full Text’ link will not work in leading you to full text, as it uses the Online & Print Journals List to point you to it.
The CoolCat Online Catalog will tell you if we have a print subscription, or you might check the spiral-bound Periodicals Collection guide available in both the Periodicals Room and Reference Room (this includes online subscriptions, but not what might be in our full-text databases).
To check if a journal’s full text is available in a database, use the CUFTS Journal Search Tool. Click the checkbox to ‘Limit to fulltext’ and search for the title of the journal. You’ll get a list of databases and the dates for which full text is included. It will not link you to those databases. You will then have to check those databases against our Databases, A-Z list until you find one that matches. Then search by the journal title and find the issue that you need (or search by the article title).
Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory will also be down from Noon to 6pm 3:00am-9:00am Saturday. If you need to determine whether a journal article is peer-reviewed (Ulrich’s does this), you will have to rely on your judgment. You might also try looking up the journal’s page on the publisher website. For more on what goes into a peer-reviewed journal article, see these tutorials from NC State University Libraries:
For help with either of these processes – finding full text or determining if an article is peer-reviewed – please call (973-290-4248) or stop by the reference desk.
Filed under: Databases, Dates and Deadlines, Faculty Interest, Information Literacy, Periodicals, Problem Log, Search Tips, Students
