Tools • Central Search • Electronic Resources • Research Guides • BearCat • Electronic Journals Locating Periodicals Most Journals and Magazines Moody 2nd Government Journals Moody Garden Music Journals Moody 3rd Newspapers (recent) Moody 1st Science & Engineering Journals Jones 2nd Consult BearCat for the location of a specific periodical. •Journals are shelved in alphabetical order by title; they are not assigned call numbers. •Newspapers and the older issues of some journals are stored on microfilm rather that paper. They are available on 1st floor Jones Reference.

Searching for Articles

Your first stop when looking for journals, magazines, or newspapers articles should be an index. Many indexes are available online, but others are available only in print. Some are general in nature while others focus on particular academic disciplines. These indexes provide the most convenient access to the universe of journal literature.

Tools for Selecting Indexes

• The Electronic Resources Database (also available from the libraries home page) provides both a comprehensive list of electronic resources available from the Baylor Libraries, and lists of resources grouped according to academic discipline.
• Research Guides, prepared by Baylor Librarians, provide guidance to doing research in a variety of disciplines.
• BearCat, the Baylor Libraries' online catalog, provides records for online, CD-ROM, and print indexes. A useful search strategy is to do a "KEYWORD" search like the one below, substituting the discipline/area of study for "psychology" in the search box.

KEYWORD

What can you expect to find in the indexes?

• Citations: An index will always contain a citation (the article title, journal title, author, date, volume, and page numbers).
• Abstracts: Most indexes include an abstract, or a short overview or summary of the article.
• Full Text: Some indexes make the entire article available online. This is very convenient but do not limit your searching to full-text articles, you may omit information relevant to your research.

Finding Full Text

• Many databases provide direct access to full text. Look for links to "Full Text," "Text," or "PDF." If you choose to print an article, be sure to use the printer icon within the database or within Acrobat if offered, rather than the browser print feature.
• Use to connect directly to full text in other databases. "InfoLinks" uses the information in a citation to suggest full text databases and, in some cases, can even pass the citation information to the full text database, further simplifying access to the article.
• Search for the journal title (often labeled "Source") in BearCat. Journals may be available
  • as a print periodical (check the "Holdings" to determine whether the library owns the correct issue),
  • as microfilm or microfiche (check the "Holdings" to determine whether the library owns the correct issue), or
  • online.
• If the article is not available as online full text or in print format within the Baylor Libraries, Baylor clients (students, faculty, and staff) may request it from another library through OsoFast, a service of Baylor's Interlibrary Services office. Complete an online form. Article requests are typically filled within a few days, but may take less time (within hours) or considerably more (a couple weeks).