This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new windowMagazines:
•miscellaneous articles covering a wide variety of subject areas
•non-technical language
•articles submitted by writers or editors employed by magazine
Scholarly Peer-reviewed Journals
•reports of research carried in a particular subject
•written in language of the field
•bibliographic references given
•articles submitted by researchers and or experts in the field
•edited by referees, other experts, and editors
*Click here* to find a full list of journal titles and full text for articles from a pre-sorted list of UToledo online journals
BEFORE you jump into a database, critically think about your topic and follow these steps:
1) Identify the key concepts. The databases do not like phrases (ex. how does physical therapy improve shoulder conditions). Use only the key concepts terms as physical therapy, shoulder.
2) Develop synonyms for your terms.The term shoulder may not be used to represent that concept in every article. Maybe the term clavicle is used? Or rotator cuff? Adding these with "or" in between will help you find more items. For example: shoulder OR clavicle OR "rotator cuff"*
3) Combine your terms well, using Boolean logic operators (a fancy way of saying and, or, and not). For example, "Physical therapy" AND (shoulder OR clavicle OR "rotator cuff". * A short video on Boolean logic is linked in the box below.
* Quotation marks force phrase searching