Journals are a really useful source of information, but what are they and why should you use them?
At their most basic, they are academic magazines - full of articles by a range of people covering topics across a particular field of study or professional practice. These articles might report research, review the literature, consider best practice or present expert opinion. Journal articles are often the best place to find the most up-to-date information on a topic.
Most journals are accessed on-line, though we do have a few print journals in the library. You can find the details of journal articles through LibrarySearch or by using a database - see the databases page for more info on this.
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