Journals are also known as periodicals. They are an important resource because they are:
Don't rely on Google or even Google Scholar!
Findit@Bham is a great place to start looking for good quality journal articles but you will find out about an even bigger range of journals and articles if you use bibliographic databases.
Use bibliographic databases to search for a topic of interest. Bibliographic databases will provide a list of relevant journal articles and sometimes also books, reports, working papers and conference proceedings.
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Where available links below are to eJournals.
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Unlinked titles are only available in print.