Q. What guidance is available on searching for quality articles in quality journals?

In the video Identifying and searching effectively in quality journals, which focuses on using the Publications authority in the EBSCO database Business Source Premier to set up searches in selected journals, including journals rated in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) academic journal guide there is guidance on:

• Before you search: Identifying keywords and synonyms

• Google Scholar

• Business Source Premier – simple search

• Business Source Premier – making your search more specific

• Business Source Premier – filtering results

• Business Source Premier – using synonyms for increased results

• Proximity searching

• Using the CABS guide to identify relevant quality journals

• 4*, 4 and 3 star journals by subject category

• Focusing on articles in quality journals - options

• 1. Find an article and then check the journal in the (C)ABS list

• CABS Academic Journal Guide ratings definitions 2

• 2. Filter Business Source Premier search results by publication to journals selected to focus on

• 3.1 Set up a search for all articles in journals selected from the (C)ABS list (Using the Publications authority)

• 3.2 Set up a search for all articles in journals selected from the (C)ABS list (Manually)

• Keyword search in top eight journals

• Logging in to EBSCO (to save your work)

• EBSCO Projects - Saving and rerunning searches

• 4. Look up journals selected from the (C)ABS list in the E-journals A-Z, one by one

• Google Scholar results and ABS ranking

• When the (C)ABS list doesn’t cover your subject: Impact measurements

• Evaluate the journal (and article) yourself

• CABS ratings - What value is there?

• CABS ratings - What are the drawbacks?

• Abstract databases

• Following citations in Scopus

• Search on Scopus to find more articles

• Using an article’s citations to evaluate, and follow the chain of research

• Exploring the journal title

• CABS Academic Journal Guide ratings definitions 1

Watch the whole video, or dip into particular sections. There are also links to other useful FAQs on this topic.

If you have questions after watching this video, contact your Academic Liaison Librarian for more further discussion.