To find the journal you are looking for, you need to ...
- Check whether LIRU has a subscription to the journal which contains the article you are seeking
- Information on all subscribed journals is available on the Journals and ArticleFinder
- Type the title of a journal (or the part or beginning of a title) in the search box, and click Go. The default search setting is Contains, but you can also select Starts with or Exact if those options are appropriate
- Search results indicate whether LIRU purchases the journal
- If a subscribed journal appears in search results, a link will be available to the database which contains it
- Search results show whether the same journal is stored in more than one database. The years from which copies are available are listed as well
Note! If a journal is only available in print, the link will lead to the library system, Gegnir, where further information is available
If you are unable to locate the journal using the information above, LIRU does not subscribe to it. You will therefore have to locate it elsewhere:
- Search the library system, Gegnir. Search results will show if another Icelandic library subscribes to the journal
- If the journal is not available in Iceland, the only possibility is to get hold of the respective article from a library abroad - Interlibrary loan or ...
To find an article on your subject, you need to do three things ...
1. Select a Database
- Most databases to which LIRU subscribes index information on articles from journals in specific subject fields; information on author, title, and content along with other information which pertains to individual articles. Information thus registered is generally searchable.
- To familiarise yourself with what is available in a particular subject field, you can select a database by subject on LIRU's homepage. After you've selected a subject category, a list of databases in the respective subject field appears along with comments on each database. Links to user instructions are also available
- To select databases on LIRU's homepage, you can also use a database select list or an alphabetised index
2. Search for Articles on Specific Subjects
- Select search terms carefully. Use terms which describe the subject well in the database index if such a feature is available (thesaurus, topic, indexing terms). It may sometimes be necessary to use dictionaries to select effective search terms
- Search for material by reputable authors in the respective field
- Remember to specify the search criteria which limit the search (author, title, company, person, subject...)
- Use AND / OR to connect search terms
- Send us an e-mail if you need any assistance: library@ru.is
3. Retrieve Articles - Full Text
- Often a link is available to the full text of an article for reading from screen or for printing out
- The link
means find a full-text article at RU. It links to the full text of an article in a database or on the Web. It may also link to LIRU´s ILL (interlibrary loans) or article services. If you see 
in databases in country wide access it means the same.
- If a subscribed journal appears in search results, a link will be available to the database which contains it
- If a subscribed journal appears in search results, the years from which copies are available will be listed
- If a journal is only available in print, the link will lead to the library system, Gegnir, where further information is available
- Use the CitationLinker to find articles in eJournals. Change language
- Information on all journals purchased by LIRU is available on the Journals and ArticleFinder. Change language
If you are secrching for an article it is best to go to Journals and AritcleFinder and ...
... choose language
... click on CitationLinker
– and follow the instructions!
1. Fill in the article title (Write or copy/paste)
2. Fill in the journal title (Write or copy/paste)
3. At least
a. Fill in the ISSN number if known
b. Publication year
This three is MINIMUM. Fill in other avaliable information. Choose between Starts with, Contains or Exact.
