E-journals or electronic journals are periodicals, in the form of magazines or specialist newspapers, which are published in electronic format (online).
British Journal of Nursing,Nature, Chemistry Letters and Oxford Review of Education are examples of e-journals.
During your studies, you will need to read articles from e-journals because:
a lecturer has recommended specific articles
you are doing research for an assignment
you want to 'read around' your subject
Many e-journals require you to pay before you can access the full text of articles. Fortunately, QUB Library subscribes to thousands of e-journals, meaning that while you are at Queen's University Belfast you can read these articles online for free.
There are many advantages of e-journals including:
You can access e-journals both on campus and off campus (from home)
You can easily search through the e-journal content and full text online
You can get up-to-date information and published research
You can interact with e-journals as many include more images or audio-visual material
You can save, export or email content from e-journals
You can find subscribed e-journals by searching for title or ISSN in our Journals Search or the Library Search. You can look for specific journal articles, or articles on a topic, using Library Search. All these systems can be accessed both on campus and off campus (from home).
For more information about finding e-journals and articles, contact your Subject Librarian.
