Find it @ CAHS

Find it @ CAHS is an online linking service that assists in finding journal articles and other materials. Using this service, you can link from a citation for an article (perhaps in an indexing database) to the full text of the article (if available) or information about the Library's print holdings.

e-Journals

Princess Margaret Hospital Library provides electronic access to over 3,000 electronic journal titles. Find it @ CAHS provides links to these journals from the A-Z Journal Catalogue and from a number of publisher's databases. You can look for e-journals and information about the Library's print journal holdings in the A-Z Journal Catalogue in three different ways:

Titles	Click on a letter to browse a list of journal titles that begin with that letter. Alternatively, enter a word in the search box to find titles that start with that word.
Subjects	Browse the journal collection by subject.
Locate	Search the journal collection by title, ISSN, subject or vendor (publisher).

You can also search for a specific journal or article or citation using the Citation Linker.

e-Journal FAQs

You can find some general information about e-journals and the "Find it @ CAHS" online linking service below. If you have any more questions or if you have any problems accessing an e-journal please contact .

What are e-Journals?
What is the Find it @ CAHS linking service?
Which e-Journals do I have access to?
Do I need a username and password?
Can I access e-Journals if I am at home?
Can I access e-Journals that are not in the Library's collection?
How do I view and print articles?
How do I find articles on a particular subject?

What are e-Journals?
The majority of electronic journals (also known as e-journals) are electronic versions of print journals (e.g. BMJ, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, etc) that you can access via the Internet. Some journals are not published in print and are only available in an electronic format. Electronic journals normally contain all of the material that appears in the printed version of the journal, and may also include additional features such as video clips and links to related web sites that can't be included in a paper journal. E-journals also tend to be more up-to-date than print journals as articles can be made available as soon as they are ready.

What is Find it @ CAHS

Find it @ CAHS is a new service that provides access to online journals and improves linking between the e-journal collections and databases subscribed to by the Library. This button appears when browsing the list of electronic journals and is displayed next to the search results in databases such as Medline. If you click on the button, "Find it @ CAHS" will try to take you to the individual article or, if that's not possible, to the e-journal that you want to look at. If the article or journal that you want to look at is not held in the Library's collection then you will be offered alternative ways to obtain it, such as requesting the article via document delivery.

Which e-Journals do I have access to?
E-journals are available on the Internet but that does not mean that they are free! Journal publishers make their money by selling access to the contents of their journals whether it is in the print or electronic formats. The list of e-journals that you have full-text access to changes all the time as new titles are added and others are removed and so it's worth checking it regularly.

Do I need a username and password?
If you are looking at e-journals from a computer at work then you usually won't need a username or password to access them. However, you may occasionally need to enter your HE number and Windows XP / E-mail password to gain access.

Can I access e-journals if I am off-site or at home?
The majority of electronic journals and other online resources subscribed to by the Library can be accessed from off-site or from home using your HE number and Windows XP / E-mail password. If you do not have an HE number and Windows XP / E-mail password you will need to contact the IT Department to request one.

The first time that you try to access an online resource you will be directed to the Library's proxy server login screen. If you login using your HE number and Windows XP / E-mail password you will then be re-directed to the online resource that you selected. You should only need to login to the proxy server once during a session.

Can I access e-Journals that are not in the Library's collection?
Journal content pages and article abstracts are usually freely available. The full-text content of older journal issues is also often freely available. Access to the full-text of most e-journals is only available to subscribers and if a title is not found in the Journal A-Z then it is unlikely that you will be able to access it. However you may request an article using the library's inter-library loan form provided you have registered to use the Online Document Delivery Request Service and obtained a PIN (Personal Identification Number).

How do I view and print articles?
The full text of articles in electronic journals is usually available in two different formats:

PDF (Portable Document Format)
PDF provides a replica of the print version of an article and it is the best format to use if you want to print the article. If you want to look at PDF files from off-campus then you may need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your computer. You can download this for free from the Adobe web site.

HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
This format lets you look at the article as a web page. It allows you to link to different parts of the article and, sometimes to cited articles. Although this format is easier to read online it is not recommended for printing the article as it consumes many more pages.

How do I find articles on a particular subject?
At present it is not possible to search all of the e-journals for articles on a particular subject. Search the databases to find articles on a subject or topic of research.

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