Find an Article

Where do I start looking for articles? 

1. Search Find Articles (Databases)
   Databases are purchased by the library. They index articles with bibliographic information, abstracts, and/or full text. The articles come from journals, magazines, newspapers, etc, which require the articles to go through an editing process before publication. They aren't a web page just the electronic version of a print article.
    
2. Search within a Specific Periodical

• Find Full Text Periodicals list specific periodical titles to search or browse.
• Databases also provide the option to search only a specific periodical. However, each database does not index the same periodicals. Also the periodicals may not have full text.

I have the citation for an article. Where do I find the full text?

1. Search Find Full Text Periodicals by the periodical title. If the library owns the title through a database, it will appear in the search results.
    
   • Before clicking on the hypertext of the database name, confirm that the publication date is carried by looking at the time range provided. If it does, click the hypertext to open the database. Then, search for the article by title or browse for it.
      
2. Search the Internet using a search engine such as Google or search FindArticles, a search engine for articles available online. In the search box, type in the title of the article within quote marks (""). If the title doesn't work, try searching the homepage of the periodical title for archives of past issues that aren't indexed by a search engine. Note: Be careful when searching to Internet. Some articles are available if you purchase it.
    
3. If the above searches don't result in the full text article, use interlibrary loan. Remember that interlibrary loan can take 8-14 days to arrive.

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