Finding Full-Text ArticlesA Doherty Library Information Literacy

Tutorial

GoalsUpon completing this tutorial, you will be able

to get article full text by using:1. Database full text links2. The UST button3. CitationLinker4. Google Scholar5. Interlibrary Loan

Here is an article record with full text (the article itself) supplied by the database in two formats– a web-based version (HTML) and a scanned image (PDF). Click one of these links to view full text!

GoalsUpon completing this tutorial, you will be able

to get article full text by using:1. Database full text links2. The UST button3. CitationLinker4. Google Scholar5. Interlibrary Loan

This article has no database-supplied full text. To check to see if the article is available at UST (for example, in a different database), click on the red UST button.

The UST button has found copies of this article in two other available database sources. Clicking either of these links should bring you to the full text.

In addition, this special “bX” service suggests articles that other researchers who viewed your article have looked at. Note that not all these articles will be available at UST.

Here is another article record. If we click the UST button here…

… we see that no full text is available. Instead, the UST button provides a link to the Interlibrary Loan Request Form (explained in part 5 of this tutorial).

Note that a formatted citation for your article and a link to our Ask Us service are also on this page.

GoalsUpon completing this tutorial, you will be able

to get article full text by using:1. Database full text links2. The UST button3. CitationLinker4. Google Scholar5. Interlibrary Loan

3. Full text using CitationLinkerOften, you will want to look up full text for an

article based on that article’s citation information.

Perhaps your professor has given you a citation and asked you to look up the article.

Or, perhaps you have read the list of references at the end of an article, and found a citation there you want to look up. That can be a great way to find new sources for your research!

For this example, we’ll use the article citation below. First, what is the name of the journal where the article was published?

Ghaphery, J., & White, E. (2012). Library Use of Web-based Research Guides. Information Technology & Libraries, 31(1), 21-31.

3. Full text using CitationLinker

Ghaphery, J., & White, E. (2012). Library Use of Web-based Research Guides. Information Technology & Libraries, 31(1), 21-31.

If you said Information Technology & Libraries, you’re right! In addition, we’re looking for Volume 31, Issue 1, pages 21-31, published in 2012. Practice finding this info in the citation– it’s all important.

To find a copy of this article, use the information from the citation to fill out the CitationLinker form.

3. Full text using CitationLinker

Start your full-text search at the library home page. Click on “Journals”.

On the “Find Journals” page, select “CitationLinker”.

Fill out the CitationLinker form with the information you have and click “Go”.

Note that CitationLinker may give you several results; you will need to select from these to reach an article record with full text.

GoalsUpon completing this tutorial, you will be able

to get article full text by using:1. Database full text links2. The UST button3. CitationLinker4. Google Scholar5. Interlibrary Loan

Google Scholar, at scholar.google.com, can be set up to show links to UST full text. Follow the instructions at campusguides.stthom.edu/googlescholar to learn how.

Once you’re set up, search for the article’s full title.

Usually, your article will be the first result. Click “Get Full Text @ UST” to access article full text.

The link, “No Full Text Available,” lets you access Interlibrary Loan, and may show a list of other recommended articles.

GoalsUpon completing this tutorial, you will be able

to get article full text by using:1. Database full text links2. The UST button3. CitationLinker4. Google Scholar5. Interlibrary Loan

When no full text is available, you can request a copy of the article through Interlibrary Loan.

Click “Request an Article.”

Fill out this request form. Articles may take approximately one to three weeks to arrive.

If you select “PDF/Electronic Copy”, the article will arrive in your email!

Go to askus.stthom.edu to get help using library

resources.