Journal articles are useful because they can provide focussed and up-to-date research in your subject, and reviews of developments in your subject.
There are several methods for finding relevant journals and journal articles on your dissertation topic, these include
As a first step, search the Summon discovery service for relevant articles from e-resources subscribed to by the Library, which are available in full text for you to view online or download.
Bear in mind that searching Summon will only provide you with results taken from e-resources that the University subscribes to.
For a wider overview of articles on yur research topic, you should also make use of subject-specific bibliographic databases, like the ones in the box below;
Gives references, and some full-text access, to sources relating to film and television.
Access to articles in over 500 journal titles in arts, humanities and social sciences.
References to publications covering literature, language, linguistics and folklore worldwide.
Useful tip: If you find an article which is particularly pertinent to your topic, use the references given within the article to find further material, the same as you would a bibliography at the end of a book.
We subscribe to a wide range of journals relevant to English and American Literature
Finding journals by title
Search the Enterprise catalogue to find journal titles.
Finding journals by topic
You can either search by title or, if you are looking for journal covering a particular topic., e.g. 'film criticism' or 'Shakespeare', you can search Enterprise using relevant keywords and then refine your results using the left hand menu to only show 'Journals' by clicking on the Journals link.
If your topic is very specific you may find that this method of searching is not as effective as searching for journal articles in Summon.
Just a few of the Library's journal titles related to Shakespeare and film are listed below.
Our Inter-Library Loans service can get articles, books and other publications not held at Reading from other libraries (usually from the British Library).
For more information see our webpages:
