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Information Systems Library Guide: Journals and Journal articles

A guide to information for Information Systems students from UCT Libraries

What is a journal?

UCT Libraries subscribes to a large number of print and/or electronic journals relevant to accounting. For specific articles use the journals page and for any articles on specific topics use databases. 

What is a journal?

  • A journal is like an academic magazine where scholars have written articles about their research.

What is the difference between a book and a journal article?

  • A book is a longer, and a usually more comprehensive text on a subject.
  • Journal articles are shorter, and more specific. They are published more frequently and so have more up-to-date information than books do.

Why use journals?

  • They are usually more up to date than books.
  • As most of them have been checked by other academics (i.e. peer reviewed), they are more reliable than general web articles and newspaper articles.
  • They are shorter to read than books.

Journals

Accredited Journals

Journals approved by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).

View the DHET List of Approved Journals such as ISI journals, International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) journals, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and South African journals.

How to identify predatory publishers

How to evaluate requests for journal article submissions, what to consider when choosing where to publish, and how to judge the quality of a journal for unethical publishing practices.

Scholarly Communication and Publishing

UCT Libraries are advocates for open-access publishing, providing resources for researchers to make their work freely accessible in various ways.

Interlibrary Loans

The Interlibrary Loans (ILL) Department is your link between the University of Cape Town Libraries and other libraries in Southern Africa and abroad. A required book or article not available at UCT may be requested.

How to find a specific journal title in UCT Libraries