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The primary purpose of scholarly journals is to inform and to report on original research or experimentation. A journal index is a compilation of short records (or citations) describing journal articles or books that have been arranged alphabetically by subject.
A citation will tell you:
The TUG Libraries Journal Indexes page provides Web access to most of UW's indexes. Some journal indexes may link to full-text articles.
You may also browse and search our collection of Full-Text Electronic Journals.
Search commands may vary from index to index. Most include easily readable Help screens or online tutorials.
If the Waterloo Library does not have the journal that has your article in it, but it is available from the Guelph or Laurier university libraries or the Annex, you can request a copy of the article. Journal articles are delivered in approximately 3 business days and you will be notified by email.
To request a journal article from a journal not available in the library catalogue (Primo), place an interlibrary loan by clicking the RACER link in the top catalogue menu (another link to RACER appears under Services on the library home page). For further information about requesting through RACER service, please visit the Using RACER guide.