A Journal is a scholarly academic publication usually published at regular intervals such as monthly, quarterly etc. Journals provide relevant, up to date information on a topic.
Why Use Journals?
When an article is Peer-Reviewed, the editors of the journal send it to experts in the relevant field; e.g., an article about Early Childhood Education would go to other academics and researchers in that area These experts provide feedback (about the quality of research and presentation of findings, and more) and may recommend changes. This ensures that the articles that are published in academic journals have scholastic merit and contribute to the overall research in that field.
The library's Early Childhood Education and Care journals are available in electronic format only, mostly from library subscription databases. Some scholarly journals in your area:
Early Childhood Education Journal
International Journal of Early Years Education
Early Childhood Research and Practice
Child: Care, Health and Development
Australasian journal of Eary Childhood
Miscellaneous journals of interest:
What if the library does not have the journal article you need?
Most of the journals you will be interested in are available online. As long as you go via library.gmit.ie all journals will be available to you both on and off campus. Please note that you will not get full text access if you go via another route eg straight to the journal website or Google.
Finding a journal title is different to finding a journal article.
Each journal title has a number of individual journal articles in each issue.
Search + Find
To find a journal title online browse our e-journals portal.