Journal and Article Examples

Options for Journal and Article Searching

Using the CSUSM Catalog and Research Databases

*What you want*	*Where to Look*	*How to Look*
Any Education Journal	Library Catalog	Keyword Search	*Example 1*
Journal by Subject	Library Catalog	Subject Search	*Example 2*
Journal by Title	Library Catalog	Title Search	*Example 3*
Journal by Genre/Format	Library Catalog (CSUSM)	Genre Search	*Example 4*
Article by Topic	Research Database	Keyword or Subject Search	*Example 5*
Article by Citation	Catalog→Research Database	Title or Author Search	*Example 6*

#1--Keyword Search for Any Education Journals in the CSUSM Catalog

First--Open the Catalog and use the Advanced Search option.

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Second--You now have a list of full text journals in CSUSM's collection.

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Third--You may have noticed some problems!

The journals may have the word 'education' somewhere, but aren't all useful to your specific needs.
This result set (152) is going to be time-consuming to pursue, isn't there an easier way?
This does not retrieve every journal on education--the journals that are available only electronically are not included in this list.
Computers are literal-match and only retrieve the word 'education', what about a journal that uses the word 'educating'? It will not be in this list.
You can't tell what articles or authors are included, even if you look at the full record.

There are other ways! Either use the index at the top of this page, or close this window and refer to the table in the journals page for other options.