| Browzine |
BrowZine is an app available through Texas State University Libraries and allows you to browse academic journals by subject, easily review tables of contents, and download full articles.
Stay Current by creating a personal bookshelf of titles to follow and receive new issue and new article notifications. Get access on your computer, mobile device, or phone. Download the app for or Apple and android devices.
Browse and set up alerts for journals in:
You can also create My Bookshelf of titles you're most interested in. Open a journal and click the button Add To My Bookshelf.
Search Strategies
Search by keywords and phrases. Maximize your keyword searches with Boolean searching:
| AND |
polarization AND "social media" | all words must appear in the result list |
OR |
polarization or polarity or partisanship | either word may appear in the results |
| NOT | "social media" NOT facebook | must mention the phrase "social media", but excludes items with the term facebook |
Phrase Searching: use "quotation marks" to search for phrases.
Truncation: the asterisk (*) symbol is used most often in library databases.
legislat* will search for all forms of the root:
legislate
legislature
legislative
Review Subject terms. Those are listed in the databases and records of citations in search results. These can be useful for learning the preferred vocabulary of a discipline.
Citation Management
Consider using a citation management software to help keep track of your citations for your bibliography and offers a Web and Desktop version. EndNote is a citation management tool that enables you to:
► Organize your research Include citations while you write your paper
► Build a bibliography in a variety of formats
►Import references from library databases and Google Scholar.
See Also: EndNote Web Tutorials | EndNote Desktop Tutorials | Desktop Styles Download
Zotero is a free, open-access tool developed by an independent, nonprofit organization that has no financial interest in your private information. The free version provides 300 MB of storage space and additional storage is available for a fee. Zotero lets you:
► Attach images, notes, and PDFs to your citations
► Organize and tag your citations into collections and folders
► Create bibliographies automatically as well as in-text citations
► Share references and research information with a group
See Also: Quick-Start Guide | Get Help with Zotero | Zotero FAQs | User Forums | ZoteroBib
Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers, and Educators / Jason Puckett.