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The Biology Library Print Journal List is a complete list of print journal subscriptions, and is available online. Paper copies are also available in the big black notebooks labeled Biology Library Serials List which are located at the Reference Desk, near the Circulation Desk, near the stacks entrance, and on the middle floor of the stacks Note: This list does not indicate which volumes of a journal we have - for information on specific journal volumes, use the Online Library Catalog (Quick Search) to do a Journal/Magazine title search. Periodical records indicate what volumes, issues, and location (departmental library or electronic) that is available.
The University Library subscribes to electronic journals, many of which have records in the Online Library Catalog that will link you to the electronic journal. These titles and others may also be accessed through the Library Online Research Resources (ORR) database. This database contains access to most electronic library resources, including electronic journals. Click on the Journals & Newspapers tab, enter title words, and click Search. When available, information about the journal title will include what vendor the subscription comes through, what volumes and issues are available, a link to more title details (publisher, coverage areas, and such), and a link to the corresponding Online Library Catalog record when available with information about print volumes and issues we subscribe to. Click the ORR Help tab for information about searching this database.
To find out which library has the journal, use the Online Library Catalog. Click Quick Search. Enter the journal title, and click the Start of Magazine/Journal Title button (Omit beginning articles: A, An, The, Der, El, L', La, etc.). For tips on finding full journal titles from abbreviated titles, click here. If you need help with the Online Library Catalog, click on the Help button at the top right of the page, see the Online Catalog Searching Guides, or contact a Biology Library staff member. The default setting will retrieve records for any campus library. To find those titles just found in the Biology Library, use the Quick Limit under the search box.
If you want to know whether the Biology Library owns a specific journal, check the Biology Library Print Journal List (also available in print in several locations at the Biology Library). If you are looking for a medical journal, also check the Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana (LHS-U) Journal List (the LHS-U is located right next door to Burrill Hall, in the Medical Sciences Building). See their Electronic and Print journal lists. The LHS-U is a satellite of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and as such their library resources are use a separate UIC online catalog called UICCAT. For any items you identify from their online library catalog or journal lists, you will need to access from the LHS-U. See Finding Medical Books and Journals at UIUC .
If the journal you are looking for isn't on campus, click here for information about requesting journal articles through interlibrary loan.
See Sign Up for Table of Contents (TOC) Alerts From Journals Instructions Listed by Publisher or Alerting Service for instructions on getting email delivery of tables of contents from various publishers. Publishers of interest to life sciences researchers include Annual Reviews, BioOne, Blackwell / Synergy, Cambridge Journals, Elsevier / Academic Press / ScienceDirect, Highwire, Kluwer, NPG Nature Publishing Group, Project Muse, Springer, Web of Science, and Wiley
Major article databases such as Biological Abstracts, Current Contents, PubMed, and Science Citation Index provide current email alerts. Free registration for UIUC affiliates establishes an account to save search queries and create email alerts. See database Help for details.
Unbound Journals can be checked out for 2 hours. Fill out a pink card from the table in front of the circulation desk and give to the person at the Circulation Desk. Bound journals can be checked out for 3 days. Longer loans are available with PRIOR authorization of the Biology Library librarian.
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