Journals at the Library

Journals are available and/or accessible at the Library in print format, microfilm/microfiche or digitized for e-mail attachment, and via online database subscriptions. Internet access and your library card number/PIN provide you with "24/7" access to online databases.

The Seminole State Library does not use call numbers for journals; they are shelved alphabetically by title.

New journal subscriptions begin in January.

New database subscriptions begin in January.

Cancellations of subscriptions normally take effect in December.

Changes in databases or ends to subscriptions can occur at the discretion of the vendor or publisher. This impacts how we deliver service, and may impact access. We constantly update our instructional materials. If you wish to photocopy and distribute library materials that describe access to databases to your classes, please let us know at least a week in advance. We will check to be sure that you provide the most current information to your students.

Give requests for journal/database subscriptions to your library liaison.

If you want your students to consult a particular issue of a journal, please consider placing it on reserve to minimize loss and maximize access.

Using LINCC to locate journals we own:

1. Go to the Seminole State Library home page. 
2. Locate the word FIND and click "Books, Media and More."
3. Click the "Keyword Search" button.
4. Next to Format, click the drop-list arrow and select "Serials."
5. Click the button.
6. At Search by, click "Title Keyword(s)."
7. Type any periodical title.
8. Locate "Limit Search by" (optional).
9. Click on any underlined title of interest.
10. Scroll down to the bottom of the record to see the Location, Collection and Call Number.
11. If the library does own the periodical, does it own the date you need?
    • At Location, click a campus location.
    • The next screen will show descriptive and issue-specific information.
12. Click "Back" until you reach the catalog search screen to look for another title.

How to access periodical databases

1. Go to the Seminole State Library home page.
2. On the library homepage locate the word FIND, then select "Articles".
3. At Borrower ID, type the Borrower ID number located on your Seminole State Library ID card.
4. At PIN, type your Personal Identification Number. Your default PIN is the last 4 digits of your Social Security number.
5. Click the "Log on" button.
6. Choose a Database.

Link to journal titles by database

These are the most heavily used databases to which we subscribe. After logging into LINCCWeb, you will see a more extensive list of all databases available to you and your students.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) Full Text by Journal Title
Complete coverage (including citation/abstract only index)

Biography Resource Center (Gale)
All material retrieved in Biography Resource Center is presented in full-text

Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
Full Text by Journal Title

CINAHL (EBSCO)
Complete coverage (including citation/abstract only index)

Custom Newspapers (Gale)
All material retrieved in Custom Newspapers is presented in full-text

Expanded Academic Index (Gale)
Complete coverage (including citation/abstract only index)

General Reference Center Gold (Gale)
Complete coverage (including citation/abstract only index)

Infotrac Onefile (Gale)
Complete coverage (including citation/abstract only index)

OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Wilson)
Full Text by Journal Title

SIRS Researcher (SIRS) Full Text Periodicals
Note: All material found in SIRS is presented in full-text. SIRS also indexes newspapers, government publications, etc.

Directory of Open Access Journals full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals
HighWire - Free Online Full Text Science Articles
MagPortal
PubMed Central (PMC) National Library of Medicine biomedical and life sciences
FindArticles.com (Free resource)
MagPortal Free (Free resource)

Please contact a reference librarian for more assistance:

Sanford/Lake Mary Campus: 407.708.2305
Oviedo Campus: 407.971.5062
Ask-A-Librarian (e-mail and chat links)
Or stop by and ask us in person!

Did you know?

Seminole State librarians offer an Introduction to Internet Research class (LIS2004) each semester.