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Finding Full-Text Articles. Using A-to-Z, the Online Catalog and Requesting Materials. “Full-Text” = Complete Article.
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Finding Full-Text Articles Using A-to-Z, the Online Catalog and Requesting Materials
“Full-Text” = Complete Article • The library databases contain some articles which are “full-text”--that is, there is a link to the complete article—and others that have only the citation and perhaps the abstract (summary). Even when there is no full-text link in one database, it is possible that the article is available in another database, or in a print journal owned by the library. BUT
Example No link to full-text or PDF
American Family Physician Highlight and Copy (control + C) the Journal Name
1. Open a New Tab by clicking Control + T 2. Next, type the URL below into the address box: www.fhsu.edu/library/electronic/alphadata.shtml ~OR~ Return to the library’s home page and click Research Resources, Databases Alphabetical by Title
Click A-to-Z Paste the Journal Name into the A-to-Z Find Box and click Search. Control + V A to Z is a search engine that searches all the databases for full-text journals
Check the databases’ coverage against your article’s date Click the EBSCOHost Tab to see the article citation again if you don’t remember the date
Date is February 15, 2005 Volume 71, issue 4, p. 717 – 724, and 728.
All of these databases contain the journal American Family Physician for 2005, so you could choose any of them. We’ll choose ProQuest Nursing by clicking on the title.
We are now in the database ProQuest Nursing, viewing all issues from American Family Physician. Note the list of issues/dates at the bottom of the page. Scroll down to find the 2005 issues.
Click on the correct date/issue Find your article in the table of contents. There may be several pages to scroll through.
Click Full-Text Link. Choose PDF if you have the option. PDF version contains the page numbers you need for your citation.
PDF Document Use the printer icon within the pdf frame instead of the Print—File command
If the journal is not found in A-to-Z, or if the date you need is not found Journal not found in A to Z
Search the online catalog for the print version of the journal Return to the library’s home page at www.fhsu.edu/library and click on Online Catalog
Search for the Journal Title Select Journal Title American Journal of Nursing Search
Check the library’s holdings against the date of your article We own this journal in both Microfilm and in print. We own microfilm issues only up to 1998 However, we have print issues up through Sept. 2009, which would include the article we are looking for.
Issues dated 1994 – present are shelved in the Periodical Reading Room on the Main Floor, by Call Number. Call Number for this Journal is RT1.A13 Periodicals Area on Main Floor
If you can’t find the article in A-to-Z or in the Online Catalog, you can request it through Interlibrary loan Click Interlibrary Loan Click Services
Loans are usually free. If a free copy cannot be located, you will be notified prior to any charges. Complete the form and hit Submit at the bottom. Be sure to put your SCATCAT E-mail address, or you may not receive your article. Read the Instructions, then select the type of material you want. Click Periodicals for an article request.
Questions? Just ask! Judy Salm 628-4537 jasalm@fhsu.edu Lynn Haggard 628-5566 lhaggard@fhsu.edu MaryAlice Wade 628-4342 mawade2@fhsu.edu Angela Barger 628-4529 abarger@fhsu.edu
The End Created by MaryAlice Wade, September 2009 mawade2@fhsu.edu