Finding Articles in the Library
Searching the Library Catalog |
Interpreting the Journal Record |
Finding a Journal on the Shelves |
If It's Not on the Shelf
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Searching the Library Catalog
The Library Catalog lets you identify which journal titles are held by the SJSU Library. The Library Catalog can be searched in many ways, depending on what
you're looking for.
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Use the JOURNAL TITLE option to search for the complete journal indicated in a database citation or abstract. Note that you can only search the
Library Catalog by the journal title, not the title of an individual article within that journal.
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Interpreting the Journal Record
The Library Catalog includes all magazines and journals in the SJSU Library. The Library Catalog will indicate whether the SJSU Library owns a particular journal
title, but does not list the titles of individual articles within that journal. The bibliographic record can help you determine whether or not you want the journal, and
where the journal is located.
| Title |
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association |
| Pub. Info |
Chicago : American Medical Association, 1960- |
| Location Lower Level Periodicals |
R15 .A48 |
| LIB. HAS |
LAST BOUND v.282(1999) |
| Latest Received: |
September 12, 2001 286:10 |
| Location Lower Level Microfilm |
R15 .A48 |
| Id |
LAST BOUND v.282(1999) |
| Latest Received: |
January-June 2001 285 |
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LOCATION
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CALL NO.
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STATUS
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| Lower Level Periodicals |
R15 .A48 |
LIB USE ONLY |
| Lower Level Microfilm |
R15 .A48 |
LIB USE ONLY |
| Lib. has |
v.173 (1960)- [vols. 236, 245, 261, 269 incomplete]
MICROFILM v.207 (1969)- |
| Descript |
v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm |
| Frequency |
Four issues per month, |
| Note |
Weekly
Title from caption
Available in microform from University Microfilms International,also available via the World Wide Web
Vols. for 1960-1981 contain annually: Continuing education courses for physicians, also issued separately; vols. for 1982-
contain semiannually: Continuing education opportunities for physicians, also issued separately as: Continuing education
opportunities for physicians for the period ..
Other editions available: JAMA. French. JAMA, and: JAMA en Español |
| Subject |
American Medical Association -- Periodicals
Medicine -- Periodicals
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Finding a Journal on the Shelves
Once you find a journal title of interest in the Library Catalog, your first step is to check the LOCATION and CALL NUMBER on the journal record.
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Once you know the LOCATION, the CALL NUMBER gives you the exact location of the journal on the shelf. Remember that more
recent issues of journals will be available behind the Periodicals Public Service Desk. Look for the CALL NUMBER in
a box near the middle of the book record screen. This collection of letters and numbers is your key to finding the book, so be sure to
copy down the entire call number exactly as given. For information on using call numbers to find a book on the shelf, refer to Library of Congress Call Numbers page.
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In general, Library Journals must be used in the Library only. Please check at the Periodicals Service Desk for exceptions to this rule.
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If It's Not on the Shelves
- Check the sorting area on the Lower Level floor to see if
the volume and issue you're looking for is still on its way
back to the shelves.
- If you are looking for a current issue of the journal title
(one within the last year), check at the Lower Level Magazines,
Journals & Newspapers Room.
- If you cannot find the journal in the sorting area and the
issue you are looking for isn't a current one, you can get help
at the Lower Level Periodicals Service Desk.
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This page last updated June 27, 2007 by the
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