Journal Title Search

A Journal Title search works the same as a Title search, but retrieves only magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, annuals and other regularly published materials. Use this search when you know the title of the journal or newspaper you need. Search limits are available for Journal Title searches. Boolean operators (and, or, not) do not function in Journal Title searches.

Search Strategies:

• Omit initial articles (a, an, the, das, el, la, etc.) in any language.
• Omit initial punctuation in any language (e.g., quotation marks, ¿). Also, omit intervening commas, periods, apostrophes, and most other punctuation (hyphens should be retained).
• If searching the full title does not produce satisfactory results, enter only the first few words of the title.  You can also enter just the beginning of a word: searches will automatically truncate and retrieve catalog records that begin with the words or phrases you typed. Do not use the question mark (?) for truncation.

              chronicle of high (for Chronicle of Higher Education)
              utne (for Utne Reader)

• You can search using a journal's abbreviation

  j ecol (for Journal of Ecology)

• Consider alternate forms of title words:

  initials, acronyms, abbreviations (e.g., epa or environmental protection agency)
  numbers (e.g., 60 or sixty)
  one word or two (e.g., child care or childcare)
  spelling variations (e.g., gray or grey, center or centre)
  similar concepts (e.g., internet or world wide web)
  word variations (e.g., email or e-mail)

Journal Title Search Examples: