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Interpreting your reading list: searching for different types of material

Recommendations on a reading list will usually refer to:

A book written by one or more authors

For example: Williamson, J. and Milner, C. The world economy.

References may also include:

  • date of publication
  • the edition
  • the publisher
  • place of publication
  • other information

For example: Williamson, J. and Milner, C. The World Economy. 2nd ed. London; New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1998.

To search Voyager for this book, type Williamson economy or Milner economy in the Find this: box. Check that Keyword Anywhere is selected in the Search In: box.

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A chapter or section in a book

For example: Thorne, J. What is a poem? In: Peer, W Van. The Taming of the Text. Routledge, 1989.

If a book contains contributions (chapters or sections) by different authors, it will usually be compiled by one or more editors. The reference may include the author and title of the recommended contribution or just a chapter number or page numbers.

To find for Thorne, J. What is a poem? In: Peer, W Van. The taming of the text. Routledge, 1989 using Voyager, you will need to search for title of the book NOT the article or chapter title.

Type peer taming text in the Search for: box and ensure Keyword Anywhere is selected in the Search in: box.

Or type Peer, W Van in the Search for: box and select Author in the Search in: box.

Or type taming of the text in the Search for: box and select Title in the Search in: box.

Sometimes copies of individual chapters are available in the library's Photocopy Collection. If this is the case, you can search for it by typing in keywords from the chapter or article title and the author's surname e.g. thorne poem.

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An article in a journal

For example: Epstein, P.R. (1999) "Climate and health" Science 285 (5426), 347-348.

You will need to search Voyager using the journal title e.g. Science rather than the title of the individual article.

To search for Epstein, P.R. (1999) "Climate and health" Science 285 (5426), 347-348 in Voyager, type the name of the journal Science in the Search for: box and select Journal Title in the Search in: box.

References to journal articles may include a date rather than volume number, year and page numbers.

For example: Blaug, M. The pros and cons of education vouchers. Economic Review, May 1987.

Sometimes journal titles in references are abbreviated. You will need to search Voyager using the full title of the journal.

For example: T.A. Lee and D.P. Tweedie. The private shareholder. ABR. Autumn 1975, pp. 280-291.

'ABR' stands for the journal 'Accounting and Business Research': you must use the full title in Voyager. Ask for help if you are not sure what an abbreviation stands for.