Use this guide to find out more about how to start your research of journal articles and papers
Helping your study in the field of social sciences, use citation databases such as Scopus and Web of science (for international publications in all fields) or DoGi, Iusimpresa, ESSPER (for Italian publications in Law and Social Sciences).
These resources will be very useful to build your personal reference list.
Once you have a list of citations, check if the Library holds the publications, how to locate them in the physical library or to download documents in one click.
Scopus: Example of results list with filters
Click on Check for full text @ LUISS and discover if the Library holds the journal
DoGi: Example of results list with filters
Display the list of results and select useful titles to search in full text
The Journal Search provides a complete list of printed and online journals available in the library.
Once you have your citations, search the journal title and check if the library hold it in and how to access it.
1. Click on the Journal Search tool
2. Enter the journal title in the box
3. To locate journals in the physical library, check available years, location, access number, and missing items
4. To access electronic titles click on the direct link of the document, or check the e-collection or database and access terms/conditions
Search other catalogs
For items not available in our library, you can search other national catalogs ACNP or SBN. If documents are accessible in Rome, you can refer directly to the library. Differently, you can ask for a copy of the article you are interested in through the Document Delivery service.
Differences between articles and other publications
Remember to define if the citation refers to a book or a journal. In a contributed book, authors or coauthors write individual chapters under the guidance of an editor who assembles those chapters into a book. Otherwise, articles or research papers present the findings of the author's research based on original data.
Here some practical information you can apply to easily distinguish your citations:
- Book chapters are defined by the author's name, title of the chapter, editor's name of the work, title of the work, publication place, publisher's name, date of publication, and pages.
- Journal articles are defined by the author's name, title of the article, title of the journal, number/year of the issue, and pages.