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Smiley Memorial Library Orientation

Welcome to Smiley Memorial Library, the academic library serving Central Methodist University's students, faculty, and staff! This guide is designed to orientate you to the Library and the services we offer.

How to Find Scholarly Journals

How to Find Scholarly Journals 

In addition to finding individual articles, sometimes it becomes necessary to find full text scholarly journals as well. There are a handful of library databases that can help you locate available journal titles.  

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Finding Scholarly Journals Using Central Search

Finding Scholarly Journals Using Central Search

Central Search can be used to find full text scholarly journals. First, click Publications in the top menu bar (circled in red below). This will take you to the Searching Library Publications screen where you can browse publications by discipline or search for specific titles using the title, subject, or ISSN/ISBN.

Finding Scholarly Journals Using DOAJ

Finding Scholarly Journals Using the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is an index of open access journals from across the world that includes direct links back the publisher's website. You can search by title, subject, keywords, ISSN, publisher, and more.  

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