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 where published where is a complex task with so many journals and publishers, so LSE Library also has access to many database indexes 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 find journals by their titles on the Library Catalogue:
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 form the library catalogue or webpages to ensure you get the full content that LSE subscribes to.
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. Try using the groupings available on the upper left side of the screen to narrow down your results.
Databases
The Library subscribes to many Databases|, and not all are searchable via Cross Searcher. Some of these contain full text of journal articles, some only contain citations to articles. Others will hold other types of materials, like conference proceedings, government publications and so on.
All can be also be accessed on the Library Catalogue. Suggestions of useful Databases can be found on the Subject guides|.
Article Finder
The Library has an Article Finder that is available by clicking this orange button. It will take you to a screen that tells you if LSE has full text of the item you were looking at:
Internet Searching and Free Resources
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|.
We've collected links to hundreds of Free Internet Resources| together on Delicious.