News publications, such as Macleans, are aimed at a general audience and tend to have short articles covering a broad range of topics. Scholarly journals, such as the Journal of Animal Science, are aimed at a very specific audience and tend to have longer articles which often include a bibliography of sources to which the author has referred. Many scholarly journals are refereed, that is manuscripts of articles are evaluated by subject specialists and the editor, before being accepted for publication. A formal comparison of scholarly publications versus popular news type publications has been prepared. To find journal articles efficiently, it is best to use an index or abstract, which in this library are available in paper, CD-ROM, or from the TUG hompage via the internet.
Indexes are listings of periodical articles, arranged alphabetically by author or by subject.
Many abstracts and indexes are also available in electronic format. On the Journal Indexes page you will notice that the Indexes and Abstracts have been divided into broad subject categories to help get you started. Depending on which index or abstract used, you could see one of several interfaces. No problem - since each index works basically the same way searching the keywords and phrases you want to search. Explain exactly what information is needed, and why.