Resources Journal Finder HelpThe journal title search is designed to help locate the database in which a particular journal title is located. To do this type the journal title into the search box. The journal search can also be used to find journals on a particular topic, but you note that you are searching a database just of journal titles, not the full text of articles. Therefore you should not make your search too specific or else you are unlikely to find any resources.
The default search mode is "All Words". This the equivalent of using the Boolean "And" operator. This means that you search will find records that have all your search words somewhere in them, though not necessarily together or in the order you entered them.
The "Any Words" mode is the equivalent of using the Boolean "Or" operator. When you select the "Any Words" mode your search will return any records that contain one or more of your search words. This gives a much much broader search than the "All Words" mode and is worth trying if a search in "All Words" mode is not successful.
When you select the "Phrase" mode your search will return any records that contain the exact phrase that you have entered. This tends to return fewer records than the other search modes.
The site search is not case sensitive - it does not matter whether you use upper or lower case letters. For example, Uk LaW will give exactly the same result as uk law.
The site search automatically searches for variants of the words you enter. For example, searching on "exam" will return records containing "exam" but also "exams" or "examiners". The site search, however, does not support wildcard searches. For example, you might want to type in "capitali*e" in order to for the search to include both "capitalise" and "capitalize" but instead you should type in "capitali".
The site search ignores common words such as "the" or "that" which are likely to slow down your search without helping to find relevant records. If there are any words that must be included in your search, precede that search with "+" as in the example below.
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