Guides: Biology: Journals & Databases

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What is a DOI?

DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

A permanent internet address for a journal article etc
Not used by all journals
When used it is found
- on the first page of the article
- sometimes in a citation. Eg APA:

Bugg, J. M., DeLosh, E. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2008). Improving students' study habits by demonstrating the mnemonic benefits of semantic processing. Teaching of Psychology, 35(2), 96-98. doi: 10.1080/00986280801977519

DOI resolver

Create a weblink from a DOI

Major databases

Use the full-text PDF icon to dispay a full article. If none is visible try clicking the Article linker button that you will often see next to an article. It will attempt to search our ejournal holdings for the article.

If this is unsuccessful...Search for the journal title (not the article title) in the Library catalogue. This is an authoritative guide to titles USC users can access.

Scopus
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Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature on fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities. Includes books, journals, online tools, bibliographic databases and newsletters. Provides tools to track, analyse and visualise research.
Web of Science
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Collection of full text and citation index databases on information gathered from scholarly journals, books, book series, reports and conferences. Provides Citation Indexes such as Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Chemical Indexes.
Science Database (ProQuest)
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Full text and indexed database provides access to scientific and technical journal titles with charts, diagrams, graphs, tables and photos.
Google Scholar
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Search tool for full text and citations of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories and universities. To get full-text articles, set your Google Scholar preferences.

USC LIBRARY DATABASES: FULL LIST

Informit Databases
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Access to full text and abstract databases including peer reviewed journals, eBooks, conference papers, theses, government reports, discussion papers, and book chapters from Australasia's research institutions.

Find an article from a citation

If you have the reference/citation of a journal article, follow the steps shown for this example:

Segal, MN & Giacobbe, RW 2007, 'Ethical Issues in Australian marketing research services', Services Marketing Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 33-53.

Identify
- the journal title - Services Marketing Quarterly
- the article title - 'Ethical Issues in Australian marketing research services'
- the year of publication - 2007
- the volume - vol. 28
- the issue - no. 3
- the pages - pp. 33-35
On the library website, select Journal Titles
Type the journal title in the search field
Select Check for availability
Select the database that has the year of publication
- Click on the database link. This takes you to journal
In the database, select the year of publication
- Identify the volume and the issue number
- Click on the appropriate issue
Select the article title - 'Ethical Issues in Australian marketing research services'
- Browse to the correct page numbers OR
- Use the Search within current journal to search for the article title
- If you see Article Linker, follow the link to the full text of the article
Save or print the article
- Download the full text (pdf version)