Thursday, January 19, 2012

How to search for journals articles online and in national library?

I tried to search online, but all seems need to pay for it.. Is there any free journals articles whereby i can download and have it? and library journals.....?How to search for journals articles online and in national library?
The previous poster is right that the best source for free access will be through whatever local libraries (national, public, and/or college) you have in your area. Many these days offer online access to journal article databases you can search as a member.



Other than that, I like a service called the Directory of Open Access Journals which puts together links to free online journals:

http://www.doaj.org/



If by "library journals" you mean those for those studying library science, they have a list of those at:

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject%26amp;cp鈥?/a>



Also, there is a simple search which lets you search the text of the journals as well for topics:

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=searchArti鈥?/a>



There are a few other similar sites as well. Here's a good article reviewing them:

http://www.mmischools.com/Articles/ReadA鈥?/a>



Hopefully those will help you out. This is quite a controversial topic in academia these days (the desire of scholars to publish their works openly vs. the publishers who want to make money from the content/peer review process.) The end result being it's still a challenge to easily access free online journal articles if you aren't affiliated with a good library.



-Librarian PM



p.s. Not sure of your local library options? Here's a good directory to help you start looking:

http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/How to search for journals articles online and in national library?
Singapore: An introduction to the library's eDatabases

http://dl.nlb.gov.sg/ask/eresources_guid鈥?/a>

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