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MollyBloom
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 Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: question about academic journals |
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I have access through my university online library to academic journals through Jstor, Muse, MLA, etc., but they do not have recent issues of publications. Is there a way to find recent published articles online?
note: I don't want to order individual online subscriptions because I need to have access to multiple journals, for example, over 100. |
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djsmnc
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Some of the academic search engines allow you to set dates in the advanced searches. If possible, try to access Google Scholar and go to the advanced settings. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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I know how to use that function, but it seems that Jstor, which is the biggest and most helpful, excludes recent issues.
I know Project Muse will allow recent issues, but they have not been helpful in the past.
Even google scholar will not give me 2008 articles.
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swigs
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
I know how to use that function, but it seems that Jstor, which is the biggest and most helpful, excludes recent issues.
I know Project Muse will allow recent issues, but they have not been helpful in the past.
Even google scholar will not give me 2008 articles.
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I wish I still had access to my university database like Jstor etc, the day I graduated they took all educational resources from me. I can't even check out a book. 
If you have access to a university library then they should have copies of all recent academic journals...although I guess you would feel old school actually reading/researching from actual paper/journals. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| swigs wrote: |
| MollyBloom wrote: |
I know how to use that function, but it seems that Jstor, which is the biggest and most helpful, excludes recent issues.
I know Project Muse will allow recent issues, but they have not been helpful in the past.
Even google scholar will not give me 2008 articles.
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I wish I still had access to my university database like Jstor etc, the day I graduated they took all educational resources from me. I can't even check out a book.
If you have access to a university library then they should have copies of all recent academic journals...although I guess you would feel old school actually reading/researching from actual paper/journals. |
Yeah..I'll be in Korea whilst writing my MA thesis, so I will be doing all the research electronically. For other people doing this, I suggest getting a subscription to www.questia.com. You have to pay a monthly fee, but you have access to books, journal, etc. For my topic, there are over 12,000 books of criticism on the site, which is really helpful. I plan to have all my research scanned and put on my laptop before coming over, but I am going to sign up for Questia just in case I need to do last minute research. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know why you are having so much difficulty. What is your thesis on? I never seem to have a lot of trouble finding very recent articles if I use a reliable filtering system. It's time consuming and headache inducing, but it can be done. |
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doc_ido
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| When I was doing literature searches, I found the ISI Web of Knowledge pretty helpful. I could use it with my ATHENS ID and/or from a subscribing university (via proxy), but it depends whether your university subscribes. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
| I don't know why you are having so much difficulty. What is your thesis on? I never seem to have a lot of trouble finding very recent articles if I use a reliable filtering system. It's time consuming and headache inducing, but it can be done. |
I'm writing it on James Joyce, but my problem is just that I need recent journal articles from 2007-2008. As I said, Jstor is the best, but for some reason they exclude recent issues of journals. Project Muse is helpful for finding some recent articles, but that site does not have the same amount of journals that Jstor does. I have found some 2008 articles on LION, EBSCOhost, and others, but it has a button that will show me where to find it in my university library, but will not show the actual article. Rarely will they show the PDF full text so that I can actually read it.
It's not really a problem now, but when I am in Korea and need some recent journal articles to add to my bibliography, I want to know how to find them easily and quickly. |
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tzechuk
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| ABI/Inform and Emerald Library have the most up-to-date journals I know.. but those are social science journals (business mainly), so i am not if that's any use to you.. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| ABI/Inform and Emerald Library have the most up-to-date journals I know.. but those are social science journals (business mainly), so i am not if that's any use to you.. |
Thanks anyway! But I could find cross-referenced articles in there that may be of some use! |
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happeningthang
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I think online journals like Jstor have some agreement with most journals not to publish their most recent editions to encourage journal subscriptions.
You might have to spend your own money or find a library nearby that has a subscription for the hard copy.
Questia was a waste of time and money for me. Horrible lay out, second rate material and usually well out of date. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| happeningthang wrote: |
I think online journals like Jstor have some agreement with most journals not to publish their most recent editions to encourage journal subscriptions.
You might have to spend your own money or find a library nearby that has a subscription for the hard copy.
Questia was a waste of time and money for me. Horrible lay out, second rate material and usually well out of date. |
Oh really? Will you tell me more about it? What were you looking up? Will you tell me more about the layout? |
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PRagic
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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ISI Web of Knowledge
scholar.google.com
These, in addition to the sites you can access through your school, should get you where you need to go. |
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RedRob
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Why the hell are you asking us? These problems are what you have a thesis supervisor for. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Why the hell are you asking us? These problems are what you have a thesis supervisor for. |
I don't have one yet. I have to meet with the Dean of the dept. soon, then we talk about my thesis idea. Then, I have 6 months to write a thesis proposal. After that gets approved, the Dean finds a director for me, then I have 9 months to write it.
The joys of university bureaucracy. I also cannot contact any professor from my university to even ask questions because the university considers that "soliciting" for thesis directors, which can hurt the selection process. |
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