Demonstration options: Searching the catalogue for a journal, newspaper or magazine article

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• When locating a journal article, you need to search the QUT Library Catalogue for the JOURNAL TITLE (rather than the title of the article).
• YOUR TURN!
  1. Click in the search box
  2. Enter the title of the journal below
     Hing, N. (2001). Changing the odds: A study of corporate principles and practices in addressing problem gambling. Journal of Business Ethics, 33(2), 115-144.
  3. Press ENTER
  Hint: remember, you need to search on the journal title, not the article title. In this demonstration, make sure you press ENTER rather than using a mouse click.
• Note that journals, newspapers and magazines are part of the PERIODICAL collection.
• Note the number of entries found...
• ...they are all called Journal of Business Ethics
• Which entry should you look at?
• All of them!
• You need to look at every entry to determine the full extent of library holdings.
• This entry is for an electronic version of the journal. You can tell because [electronic resource] appears after the title.
• To locate an electronic version of a journal article you need to note the: HOLDINGS
• This part of the entry is the HOLDINGS statement.It tells you which years are held by which database.This journal is available via a number of different databases.
• Let's have a look at some of the other entries.
• This entry is for the print version of the journal.
• To locate a print version of a journal article, you need to note the: ITEM LOCATION, CALL NUMBER, and HOLDINGS.
• The ITEM LOCATION tells you which branch holds the journal and which collection it is held in.
• This part of the entry is the CALL NUMBER.
• This part of the entry is the HOLDINGS statement. It tells you which years, volumes and issues are held by the library.
• Look at the HOLDINGS to work out whether the year, volume and issue you need is available.
• YOUR TURN!Hing, N. (2001). Changing the odds: A study of corporate principles and practices in addressing problem gambling. Journal of business ethics, 33(2), 115-144.
• What year, volume and issue do you need to locate this article? Press the Continue button to submit your response.
  1. 2001 Volume 33 Issue 2
  2. 2001 Volume 332 Issue 115
  3. 2001 Volume 115 Issue 144
• The correct answer was: 2001 Volume 33 Issue 2. Let's continue.
• YOUR TURN! Look at this entry. Does the library the issue you need: 2001 Volume 33, Issue 2? Select Yes or No and press the Continue button to submit your response.
• If 'no' chosen: That's right! But if you look at some of the other catalogue entries, you might find that the article is available electronically.
• If 'yes' chosen: No, the library holds from 1982 up until 2000. You need 2001.
• So, let's have a look at some of the other entries.
• This entry is for another electronic version of the journal. You can tell because [electronic resource] appears after the title.
• But the holdings statement indicates the year 2001 is not available.
• Let's look at the final entry. Note it is for the Journal of Business Ethics Online.
• This entry is the same as the first entry we looked at. It is duplicated so that you can search for either Journal of business ethics OR Journal of business ethics online.
• Three of the databases have the year, volume and issue you need. Hing, N. (2001). Changing the odds: A study of corporate principles and practices in addressing problem gambling. Journal of business ethics, 33(2), 115-144.
• It does not matter which database you choose, as long as it holds the year you require.
• Let's look at ABI/Inform Global.
• To access the electronic version of a journal, you will be prompted to enter your QUT Access Username and password.
• The next step is to find the link to the year, volume and issue you require. Hing, N. (2001). Changing the odds: A study of corporate principles and practices in addressing problem gambling. Journal of business ethics, 33(2), 115-144.
• Then find the article you need.
• You want 'Changing the odds' by Hing
• There are two versions of the article: Text + Graphics or Page Image - PDF
• The Text + Graphics version is quick to load.
• The advantage of the PDF version is the page numbering and formatting.
• Choose a PDF version if it is available, because it is an exact copy of the original publication.
• Now, when you have a reference to a journal, newspaper or magazine article, you should be able to search the catalogue to locate it.