How to search for journals articles online and in national library?

I tried to search online, but all seems need to pay for it.. Is there any free journals articles whereby i can download and have it? and library journals…..?

The previous poster is right that the best source for free access will be through whatever local libraries (national, public, and/or college) you have in your area. Many these days offer online access to journal article databases you can search as a member.

Other than that, I like a service called the Directory of Open Access Journals which puts together links to free online journals:

http://www.doaj.org/

If by "library journals" you mean those for those studying library science, they have a list of those at:

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=129

Also, there is a simple search which lets you search the text of the journals as well for topics:

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=searchArticles

There are a few other similar sites as well. Here’s a good article reviewing them:

http://www.mmischools.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11534

Hopefully those will help you out. This is quite a controversial topic in academia these days (the desire of scholars to publish their works openly vs. the publishers who want to make money from the content/peer review process.) The end result being it’s still a challenge to easily access free online journal articles if you aren’t affiliated with a good library.

-Librarian PM

p.s. Not sure of your local library options? Here’s a good directory to help you start looking:

http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/

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2 Responses to How to search for journals articles online and in national library?

  1. YL24 says:

    Singapore: An introduction to the library’s eDatabases
    http://dl.nlb.gov.sg/ask/eresources_guide/
    References :

  2. Librarian PM says:

    The previous poster is right that the best source for free access will be through whatever local libraries (national, public, and/or college) you have in your area. Many these days offer online access to journal article databases you can search as a member.

    Other than that, I like a service called the Directory of Open Access Journals which puts together links to free online journals:
    http://www.doaj.org/

    If by "library journals" you mean those for those studying library science, they have a list of those at:
    http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=129

    Also, there is a simple search which lets you search the text of the journals as well for topics:
    http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=searchArticles

    There are a few other similar sites as well. Here’s a good article reviewing them:
    http://www.mmischools.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11534

    Hopefully those will help you out. This is quite a controversial topic in academia these days (the desire of scholars to publish their works openly vs. the publishers who want to make money from the content/peer review process.) The end result being it’s still a challenge to easily access free online journal articles if you aren’t affiliated with a good library.

    -Librarian PM

    p.s. Not sure of your local library options? Here’s a good directory to help you start looking:
    http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/
    References :
    Directory of Open Access Journals, http://www.doaj.org/