Journals and journal articles
Journals are the main way in which scientists present their research findings and open up their work to the scrutiny of others.
The Library purchases access to a huge number of these journals across all subjects.
Where journal articles are included in a resource list, you can click on the link to access the full text. Otherwise, if you know the specific journal you want, you can find it through Library Search or from the Library's Find an ejournal page: search by the name of the journal and then follow links to the year, volume number and page number of the article you want.
Access
If you are on campus you can access most databases and ejournals directly.
For off-campus access, follow the links provided on Library pages to ensure you can access all of our subscribed content. You can also install a browser plugin to help like Kopernio.
Doing your own research
When you want to find out for yourself what has been published in journals on a particular topic, you can use tools like Google Scholar for quick searches, but for more precise or thorough searching, it's best to use a library database. See the Databases section for more information.
Accessing resources off-site
Help and advice on accessing the Library's resources both on and off-site.
Browzine
Browzine is a website/app that allows you to browse, read and keep up-to-date with the key journals in your subject field on your PC, smartphone or Tablet. The website hosts thousands of the University of Bristol's subscribed scholarly journals, plus a large range of open access titles, generally with access going back to 2005. You can:
- save full text articles to a personal library;
- create a bookshelf of favourite journals;
- save citations to EndNote, Mendeley and other bibliographic software;
- share articles with others;
- set alerts to new issues of journals.
To get started, click on the Browzine link above and you will be prompted to 'Choose my Library' (if you are already logged in elsewhere as a UoB member you may be automatically recognised):
- Search or browse to the 'University of Bristol' and click to authenticate.
- Login with your UoB username and password.
- You can set up a personal account to access additional functionality such as My Articles or My Bookshelf.