Indexes to the Journal Literature
Indexes, abstracts and bibliographies provide an organized point of entry to the literature. Search and browse by topic across hundreds, sometimes thousands, of journals, book chapters and other documents at once.
More indexes and abstracts can be found on the library's Databases & Other Online Resources page.
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Search here across scholarly and popular journals, magazines and newspapers in multiple disciplines. A very broad search for getting started, with lots of ways to narrow. - ProQuest Newsstream This link opens in a new window
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Not journals but newspapers, this database gives you full text of newspapers over time with abundant ways to focus your search. - EconLit This link opens in a new window
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(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Key index to economics journal articles, books, dissertations and working papers. Content includes both economic theory and application. Covers 1969 - current. - ProQuest Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
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A full text search of journals in multiple social science disciplines. To limit to economics journals, add to your search: AND JSU(economics). - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Web of Science (1969 to present)
Possibly the most important tool for identifying seminal articles, this database allows one to identify all articles that have cited a given article. - PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service This link opens in a new window
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A great source for policy research, this index covers international literature in public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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(full text from first issue to five years ago)
Less an index than a repository of full text articles. - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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A familiar search interface that is a handy place to start. When you need to craft your searches more specifically, turn to EconLit and the other library resources listed here.
Interpreting "Find It" Results (2022)
Scholarly journals are going to be found, in most cases, either online or in print.
Searching Catalyst and using the Find It button are the best ways to determine what kind of subscription the library has and how to get your hands (or eyes, as the case may be) on it.
Following are explanations of the different results you'll get using the Find It button.
Instant Electronic Access
When you click the "Find It!" button, you will be taken to a record for the article in Catalyst. That record will tell you whether this is available electronically, in print, both, or neither. If it is available, you will see a message "Online Access" near the top of the page.
Click the Online Access button and you should be taken straight to the article.
If it doesn't work or you want to find other options, scroll down to see the electronic options for that article...
Follow a link and you'll be taken to the article.
Print Journals
If the library subscribes in print, you need to find the call number for the journal in Catalyst. Then go to the moving stacks on the 3rd floor of the library where the journals are. Catalyst shows the call number so you know where to find it on 3rd Libe.
If the print copy is only at St. Olaf, log in to Catalyst, then click the St. Olaf Library entry to expand it. Find the issue you need, then click the Request link to have the journal sent over to Carleton, where you can pick it up at the Circulation Desk.
Carleton Doesn't Subscribe
If Carleton doesn't subscribe to the journal for the issue you need, make a request through Interlibrary Loan.
