Help: Search Journal Records

You can access the Search Journal Records page by following the Find Journals link in the toolbar, then clicking Search Journal Records. You can search Periodicals Index Online using a combination of the following criteria:

• Journal Title
• ISSN
• Language
• Journal Subject

Search Options

Depending on your subscription, you can choose whether to include records for British Periodicals journals in your search or journal records with links to full text in JSTOR. Use the checkboxes in the Search Options box to alter the scope of your search.

Entering Search Terms

There are two ways in which you can enter search terms in Search Journal Records. You can:

• Click on the select from a list link next to a search field to open a list of terms. Check one or more terms and click the Select button to paste them back to the search page.
• Enter your own keywords or phrases into the relevant search fields.

In the Search Journal Records page, you can combine search terms using Boolean and proximity searching and search for variations on search terms using truncation. You can also use parentheses to group words within complex searches.

Note: Between search boxes, all terms are treated by default as if they were combined using the Boolean operator AND.

When you have finished making your selections, click the Search button. The Journal Record Search Results page will appear displaying the results of your search.

If you want to clear all search boxes and begin a completely new search, click on the Clear Search link at the bottom of the page.