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Digital Journals  (the Electronic Journal Locator and more!) contains all of the electronic, full-text journals in
most of the library's research databases and full-text journal collections. Search for a particular journal title using title begins with, title equals (exact title) or title contains all words. Browse for a journal using the alphabetical display or search for a journal by subject category. Results provide links to the research database(s) or electronic journal collection(s) that index the journal and include the years covered. If full-text is not available, it provides links to XPLORE for print and microform holdings and to the Document Delivery/Annex Article Request Form - both are automatically populated with journal and article information. Instructions are available for accessing articles within databases and from bibliographies. It is compiled by and the user interface
is provided by Serials Solutions.Browse the following digital journal subject categories:
Search Print & Microform Journals in XPLORE by journal title if you do not see the journal you need below.
Fill out this form to request a copy of an article from a journal that Xavier does not have in print, electronic or microform formats. Make sure you have searched the Resources for Evaluating Journals
Journal Citation Reports
(2006) permits users to evaluate and compare journals using 2006 citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals form more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. The science edition contains data from over 5,900 journals and the social science edition over 1,700 journals. It can show you the most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field and the largest journals in a field. Citation and article counts are important indicators of how frequently current researchers are using individual journals. It is produced by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) and the user interface is provided by Thomson. Click the Additional Resources tab to access this database.
Cabell's Directories provides full-text directory information for business, education and psychology journal publications. Each journal entry includes submission information (editor’s name, address, phone, fax, email, web address); publication guidelines (manuscript length, copies required, format, fees, style, computer submission); circulation data (reader type, frequency, number of subscribers, publisher, price); review information (type of reveiws, number of in-house and external reviewers, acceptance rate, time it takes to review, percent of invited articles, reviewers coments, publishing fees); manuscript topics included; and manuscript guidelines. To begin searching click Members in the menubar. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Cabell Publishing, Inc.
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (full-text directory information) contains information on
currently published as well as discontinued periodicals. It includes magazines, journals,
newletters, newspapers, conference proceedings, and electronic publications. Each entry includes
a description, publisher, country of publication, ISSN, start year, status (active or
inactive), price, frequency, ending issue, if refereed, format (print or electronic), if
abstracted or indexed, where abstracted or indexed, language, editor, URL, and reviews. It is
produced by and the user interface is provided by R.R. Bowker.
Criteria for Evaluating Scholarly vs. Popular Journals
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