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Discover handy features of SAGE Journals

Tuesday, 01 November 2022

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    SAGE Journals is a highly ranked and peer reviewed database of journals with many user-friendly features including Journal Home, Microsites and Disciplines Hubs. Its content is screen-reader friendly with multi-device access, and consistent journal indexing.

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“The mission of SAGE and our journals program is to build bridges to knowledge, which means enabling people from all backgrounds to contribute to scholarship and working to ensure our publishing processes are unencumbered by bias and prejudice”. - Diversity, equity, and inclusion pledge.

ECU staff and students have access to SAGE Journals;  a place leading authors, editors, and societies publish their research.

The collection includes content from more than 1,000 journals, from disciplines across:

  • health sciences
  • social sciences
  • humanities
  • materials sciences
  • engineering
  • life and biomedical sciences

SAGE Journals contain 27 subject collections.

Why choose SAGE journals?

  • Journals content is highly ranked.
  • Peer-reviewed (all articles are rigorously peer-reviewed).You can be sure they have been checked and edited by experts in the field.
  • Contain up-to-date research.
  • Over 400 industry societies and associations publish their journals on the SAGE platform, eg European Society of Cardiology, American Educational Research Association etc.
  • Indexed in World Cat Discovery (OCLC), which means you can easily access it through ECU Library Search.
  • Included in discipline-specific databases and discovery tools which focus on a single academic discipline or a group of related disciplines, such as PubMed (life sciences and biomedical topics), Scopus (life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and health sciences), LexisNexis (legal research, newspaper search, and consumer information).

Benefits

  • Open access articles - open research, accessible to everybody.
  • Browse the Gold open access journals, where all articles published in journals provide worldwide, barrier-free access to the full-text of articles online, immediately on publication under a creative commons license.
  • Journal Home - each title has its own description and features easy access to all issues.
  • View impact factor and journal ranking information for the journal.

Helpful features

  • Microsites are pages that have a focus on a specific theme eg Coronavirus (COVID-19) Research, LGBTQIA+ Research, Mental Health Awareness and plenty more.
  • Check OnlineFirst for early digital access to the most recent articles in a particular journal (articles hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final print or online publication).
  • Latest Articles, Most Read and Most Cited articles from a particular journal.
  • SAGE Discipline Hubs – explore the latest content from a range of disciplines.

The article page features:

  • view full-text of article
  • download PDF to read offline
  • easily move between article full text, supplemental material, figures and tables and article metrics
  • download article citation information
  • share article link with a colleague or co-researcher
  • view author information (ORCID)
  • view Altmetric data for this article (see how the research is being recognized through social media, blogs or mainstream news)
  • view other articles that have cited the one you are reading
  • run related keyword searches by hyperlinked keywords

Access guidance

Library gives you access to a range of SAGE Journals.

Look for following icons next to each article in its list, as they indicate whether you'll be able to access the article:

A green circle with an unlocked padlock means this article may be available through ECU subscription. Log in with your ECU credentials to check your access. A blue circle with an unlocked padlock means this article is available to all users because it is Open Access. A white circle with a locked padlock means no access.

Further information

Explore SAGE journals through ECU Library's A-Z list of databases.

Library resources can also support you with information on how to find journal articles and how to find credible information for your assignments.

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