Higher Education Research Guide

Search Using the Title

You can use the Journal Finder to find titles of specific journals we have in our collection. 

1. From the library main page find the link for "Journals" located at the bottom of the Find It @ USC box.
2. This will bring you to a new search page where you can type in the journal title or the journal ISSN.
3. Recommendations will show as you start typing. If your journal is one of the suggestions you can click on it OR you can finish typing and hit enter. 
4. Depending on the title of your journal and the formats there may be several options to choose from. Choose the option most closely aligned with the content, access, and timeline you are needing.

Example: The journal Education has two possible options; Education (Guilford, Conn.) physical copies available in Thomas Cooper from 1980-1981

OR

Education (Chula Vista, Calif.) available online from 1969-2023.

If I am looking for a relevant article for my research I would choose the second option since it has more coverage and is easily accessible. However, if I am looking for a specific article or need to use that specific journal I may need to check both options or do more research to find which journal is the correct one. 

**Searching using the ISSN will be more accurate by finding the EXACT journal you are looking for. To find your journal using the ISSN you will type the full ISSN into the search box instead of the title of the journal. 

Many journals have a way you can set up an alert to be notified when a new journal issue or articles from a saved search have been published. You can save searches and set alerts in Find It@USC and article databases too.