dboerner on March 12th, 2009

FYI: This post/topic is geared towards serious academic researchers.   If you need to discover the impact factor of a journal, here is how to do it. 

Go to the TCU database, Web of Science
Click on the yellow tab at the top of the page titled “Additional Resources”
Click on the link: “Journal Citation Reports”   (under ‘Analytical Tools’ [...]

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dboerner on February 26th, 2009

If one of the EBSCOhost databases has a journal in it that you read on a regular basis, and you want to be informed when a new publication is available (and see the Table of Contents), below are instructions on how to either set-up an email alert or an RSS feed.  See my earlier post on [...]

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dboerner on February 4th, 2009

To find out whether TCU has the full text to a particular article, you have to start with the name of the journal, magazine, or newspaper.  Take the following steps (double click on images to see larger view):
1. In the TCU catalog, type the name of the journal/mag./newspaper into the search box and select “Journal/Serial name begins [...]

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