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Searching for journal articles using a Journal Index

The primary purpose of scholarly journals is to inform and to report on original research or experimentation. A journal index is a compilation of short records (or citations) describing journal articles or books that have been arranged alphabetically by subject.

A citation will tell you:

title of an article or book chapter
author of the article or book chapter
volume and issue number and/or date of issue (for periodical articles)
publisher information and year published (for books)
page numbers
abstract (article summary) - comes with most of our web-based journal indexes

The TUG Libraries Journal Indees page (http://journal-indexes.uwaterloo.ca/) provides Web access to most of UW's indexes. Some journal indexes may link to full-text articles.

You may also browse and search our collection of Full-Text Electronic Journals (http://sfx.scholarsportal.info/waterloo/az)

Search commands may vary from index to index. Most include easily readable Help screens or online tutorials.

Requesting Photocopies of Journal Articles

Photocopies of journal articles may be requested through our TUGdoc journal article delivery service. To request a photocopy:

Locate the record in TRELLIS for the journal title (not the title of the article)
Choose the "request item from TRELLIS" button (at the top of the page)
Choose TUGdoc to request a copy of a journal article

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO ENSURE THE ITEM IS SENT TO YOU:

In the "Tell us where to send the article box" select "UW Distance and Co-op" from the drop-down menu
In the "Special Instructions box" please put your complete mailing address and telephone number

If you encounter problems placing a request, please contact libdist@library.uwaterloo.ca

Here is an example of a complete citation:

Authors: Small, RD, Dore, MA & Bush, BW
Date: 1989
Article Title: Initial Smoke Distribution for Nuclear Winter Calculations
Journal Title: AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol 10 Iss 1: 37-50

Note: Please also include the following in your message:

Your name
Student I.D. number
Your complete mailing address
Telephone number

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Last Updated:February 23, 2007

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Find Journal Articles

Searching for journal articles using a Journal Index