There are a few ways to search using journal abbreviations:
For CURRENTLY RECEIVED PRINT JOURNALS
In the box, enter the abbreviated journal title for which you'd like to find the full
title. Then click on "look it up".
Note 1: This search will only locate currently received journals. Cancelled titles will
not be found and must be searched in ORBIS,
the Yale Library online catalog.
Note 2: This search will only find journal acronyms if the acronym is
listed in the ORBIS record for that title. For instance, JAMA is
cataloged as JAMA, and the same holds for MMWR. New England Journal
of Medicine, however, is not listed as NEJM. If
you can't find an acronym, try searching with spaces, eg. "N E J M" instead
of "NEJM".
ORBIS ABBREVIATION SEARCHING:
You can check the Orbis online catalog for complete paper journal location
information and for information about electronic journals.
HOWEVER: Journal titles can only be
searched in the OPAC by exact title and/or keywords in titles.
Abbreviations must be expanded in order to find the
journal holdings information on the OPAC. See the hints below for
more information. Remember: only ORBIS will give accurate holdings
information (years, locations, bindery data). Exact titles may also
be found in the paper journal printouts located in the libraries.
HINTS for journal abbreviation searching in the
Orbis online catalog:
In ORBIS
if the title is fairly unique
try entering just the first few letters of the title AND
Quick Limit to "Serials and Journals" ... the system
will present a list of titles that begin with the root letters entered.
The next option would be performing a search using the abbreviations and truncation:
phys? and rev? and let?
AND Quick Limit to "Serials and Journals"
OTHER ABBREVIATION SEARCHING TOOLS:
Information about many other journals is found at JournalSeek and
Electronic Journals Library; however, Yale does not provide free access to all the listed titles.
PAPER JOURNAL INFORMATION TOOLS:
Paper guides to earlier sources and subject-specific lists
PAPER
GUIDES TO JOURNAL ABBREVIATIONS AND TITLES also provide important
information about current and older journal and serials materials.
These materials can be found in subject-specific books located in
the Journal Title Sources section, within the Kline Reference Collection,
1st Bookshelf area.
If none of these options work, contact a librarian at a service desk,
or if this is not possible leave an email
question with the citation and a phone number or email address.
A librarian will get back to you the next business day (M-F).
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