A student came looking for current journals for the computer sciences. They scanned through the limited collection we have of physical periodicals without finding what they wanted. Our extensive access to journals is through the databases in GALILEO. With that in mind, how do you find a specific journal? On Feb 4th I blogged about finding Sports Illustrated. It's fairly easy to search with the Journals A-Z tab.
Ebsco offers another option for finding a specific periodical in its databases. When you go to a description of an Ebsco database in GALILEO, there may be a link to Journals in this Database: EBSCO Title Lists. Clicking on the link takes you to a file with a list of the Ebsco databases. I admit I thought it would just be a list of that particular databases offerings. Next to each database title there is an icon (with text) noting if it's a pdf file, excel file, or html. You can save the pdf and excel file, which gives you access to the list of periodicals without having to go back into GALILEO.
Rather than scroll through the list looking for the database I was interested in, I used the edit and 'find on this page' option to get to the database I wanted.
As I'm writing the description of how to find a specific periodical in a specific Ebsco database, I'm struck by how easy it is to use Journals A-Z in GALILEO to find the database that has a particular magazine!
Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password to access GALILEO at home.
-kss
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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