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Searching for and accessing journal articles

You can access journal articles recommended by your tutor via your online reading list (search by module code or title or access it via the link in Canvas).  Click on the 'View Online' link.

Search for journal articles using the library search box

Help with searching for journal articles:

  1. Type your keywords (e.g. leadership and management) into the search box
  2. Click on Search.

You can refine your results by using the options on the left of the results screen:

  1. Select Peer Reviewed
  2. Change the publication date 
  3. Limit to Academic Journals

You can also add additional keywords to the search box but, be aware that you will lose the options that you selected. 

When you have found an article that you are interested in:

  1. Click on the title of the article 
  2. Read the abstract and, if you would like to read the full article, click on the PDF link (if available)  
  3. If you are not already logged on you will need to enter your student email address (studentIDnumber@students.lincoln.ac.uk) and Canvas password. 
  4. If there is no full text link, click on Find Full Text to see which database the full text is available from

If you have a reference to a journal article, you can see whether the library has access to it by searching for the journal here (search for the name of the journal not the article title).  You can also browse and search for journals in the library collection here.

BrowZine - search for journals that the university subscribes to.

searching for and accessing journal articles

Electronic Journals A-to-Z

If you have a reference to a journal article, see if it is available in full-text electronically by searching for the title of the journal (not the article) on the Electronic Journals.

If the journal is not available you can request a photocopy of the article via the University's Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service.

Can't find what you need online?

Everything that you neeScan and send imaged to complete your modules should be available online; however if, when doing independent research, you find something that you would like to read that isn't available electronically you can request a chapter or article using the library's Scan and Send* service. 

*You may only request up to one chapter or article from a book or journal issue. These limits are governed by copyright legislation, and you will be required to complete a copyright declaration when making your request.

Keep up-to-date with current research by subscribing to journal alerts.

JournalTOCs is a free service which allows you to set up alerts to any new articles published by business and management journals.

Creating an EBSCOhost account

You can save searches, article and books when you use the 'advanced search' on the library website.

You will need to create an account the first time you use it, click on the video below to find out how to create an EBSCOhost account.