Articles are published in journals and periodicals. LSE subscribes to a large number of titles, some in print, many in both print and electronic, and some in electronic only format.
Knowing what articles were published where is a complex task with so many journals and publishers, so LSE Library also has access to many database indexes (such as Web of Knowledge) that can help. Sometimes these databases can also provide access to the full text of an article and not just give a reference or citation.
You can't search for articles themselves on the Library Catalogue, but you find journals by their title.
Cross Searcher for Articles
LSE staff and students can search for articles generally by subject or author for example, or by the title if you have it, by using Cross Searcher|. This will search several databases at once for you. The Library has pre-selected the most useful for each department, which you can select as a group before you do your search.
Results are listed chronologically, showing most recent first. You can re-order the results list by Date, Title, Author or Source. We suggest using using the groupings available on the upper left side of the screen to narrow down your results.
However Cross Searcher doesn't include every resource that LSE subscribes to.
Ejournal Titles
Ejournals can be browsed on the Ejournals portal|. Here you can search by journal title, and also by subject. Subject headings are available for browsing.
When you find a title, you may need your LSE username and password to access. To get access off campus, always use links from the library catalogue or webpages to ensure you get the full content that LSE subscribes to.
Databases
You can search the content of many article and electronic databases using Cross Searcher|. To find out more about the Cross Searcher system, please click here.
However not all of our databases are available for searching with Cross Searcher. All of our databases are listed on the Library catalogue. To see lists of these, please click here:
To see database lists for individual subjects, please see our Subject guides|.
When using databases, you may see this button: 
If you click the button you will be taken to a screen that displays any access LSE has to the full text of the item you were looking at.
Internet Searching
We would always recommend starting with LSE webpages to find materials, because the Library subscribes to a great deal of content that you won't be able find using Google. However, Google Scholar| is very useful, and works best either on campus or via the LSE Remote Desktop|.
In Google Scholar instead of the orange button you'll see the words 'LSE Article Finder', if you are on campus or off campus via the remote desktop.