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Sociology 215: Graduate Research Methods (Beattie - Spring 2025)

Finding Journals Through UC Merced Library

Four Strategies to Identify Relevant Journals

Use a search engine like Google to search the open web. Use some keywords related to your topic or sub-field, i.e. "Medical Sociology" AND journal
Use Google Scholar to find relevant articles, and make a note of where they were published.

Use BrowZine (link below) to find journals that the UC Merced Library has full text access to.
- To locate BrowZine, Click the "Journals" link on the Library website, then select "BrowZine" from the tabs at the top of the page.
Ask your advisor or another professor who has knowledge of your field.

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For information on getting published in a journal, check out the guide list below.
For information on journal acceptance rates, contact the journal, search its website, or ask a Librarian
For information on altmetrics, high impact factors, and other indicators of quality, please schedule a research consultation or email us at library@ucmerced.edu

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Need Basic Info About the Journal?

You can find out if the journal is referred (or "peer reviewed") by using Ulrichsweb:

Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Profiles nearly a quarter of a million consumer and trade magazines, academic and scholarly publications, monographic series, newsletters, newspapers, electronic publications, 'zines, and many other types of serial publications on all subjects.

Search BrowZine for UC Merced Library Journals

BrowZine
Access UC Merced journals through BrowZine, a platform that allows for easy browsing of journal issues and table of contents, access to full text, and features customizable bookshelves for you to build your own journal collections.

VIDEO: Requesting a Full-Text Article through Get it at UC

Discover how to use the Get It at UC button to access the full-text of articles or books whether immediately or through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). (2:59)