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How to get your documents: Journals

This guide offers tips for locating documents at Radboud University.

Journal search

Via the University Library homepage:
Click the tab Journals

Quick search: you can search all journals using title words. For a more specific search, use the search key tk. Example: tk:chemistry 
You can also find journals by their ISSN via Advanced search
 

Abbreviations
Some journals can't be found using abbreviations, e.g. PNAS.

Use distinctive words instead:
proceedings national sciences for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

 

Browsing through eJournals A-Z

Click on the Library Links button on the top right-hand side and select eJournals A-Z. You can browse the alphabetical list for the journal title or search for the journal title or ISSN using the "search box".

Use distinctive words, e.g.:
american economics sociology for the American Journal of Economics & Sociology

eJournals A-Z
Enter the number in the ISSN search box.

Journals in print
To find journals which are physically housed in the Library search RUQuest. Journals can not be borrowed, they are only available for inspection.

Requesting journals or articles in RUQuest

Closed Stack
Use the button 'Request item' to request the journal. You can consult the journal in the Central Library or the Medical Library.

Library doesn't have what you need?
If an article is not available at RU you can usually request it through interlibrary loan (ILL). This is not for free. You need an ILL-account for this. For more information see Request outside RU(ILL).