Libraries and Learning Skills
What are journals and why are they important?
Journals are regular scholarly publications which contain articles on specific subjects.
They are important in academic research for a number of reasons:
How do I search for journal articles for my assignment?
Legal databases contain:
How do I search for journal articles using databases?
How do I search for newspaper articles?
Access LexisLibrary or Factiva Academic here, select the relevant database and click on the 'LOG IN' link.
Multi-disciplinary journals, reports and proceedings.
Access to any subscribed titles from the Edinburgh University Press.
Access to the Emerald database of full-text articles covering a range of subjects from management, marketing, economics, engineering, health and social care and tourism.
Access journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities.
A not–for–profit organization dedicated to helping the scholarly community discover, use, and build upon a wide range of intellectual content in a trusted digital archive. The University of Lincoln has full-text access to the JSTOR Full Archive Collection and a selection of eBooks.
Full text access to business information and major international newspapers including foreign language sources. Date coverage varies by individual title from 1980s to today.
Access the complete text of the 20-volume second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, plus the 3-volume additions series.
Access to Oxford University Press journals. If the University of Lincoln subscribes to a listed journal, then many of that journal's articles will also be available in full text.
Provides access to all SAGE journals covering a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine periodicals.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature from scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more recently, also in the arts and humanities.