Finding Electronic Journals

Persons affiliated with OSU can use two tools to locate and access electronic journals.

1) Use the E-Journals A-Z list.  You can browse or search this list of online (only) journals.

2) Search the online catalog (OSCAR).

If searching for a particular journal title in OSCAR, you can:

• Do a TITLE search in the Web Electronic Journals section of Library Catalog
  Example:  Journal Of Molecular Biology 
  Select the title and then click on "Connect to Web Site".
  Follow the on-screen instructions from the publisher's site, choosing the desired issue and article.
• Do a TITLE search in the Full Catalog of Library Catalog and look for the "online title".
  Example:  Journal Of Molecular Biology Online
  Select this online version and then click on "Connect to Web Site".
  Follow the on-screen instructions from the publisher's site, choosing the desired issue and article.

If you wish to search the online catalog for electronic journals on particular subjects:

• Do a SUBJECT or WORDS search and wait for the list of materials to appear.
• Limit this list by clicking on the LIMIT/SORT button.
• Limit first by location--when looking for items on the Web select Web E-Journals.
• Any electronic journals in the particular subject or keyword will appear.
• As above, select the online version of the desired title.
• Click on "Connect to Web Site" and follow any other on-screen instructions.
  • To search for full-text (only) journal articles on a particular subject, the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) can be searched directly.  From EJC, click on the search form and enter a keyword or subject.  This will only produce full-text articles on a subject as opposed to searching a database such as MEDLINE which links to either abstracts or full-text.