FINDING FULL-TEXT ARTICLESUsing 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

Highlight and Copy (control + C) the Journal

Name

American Family Physician

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 click1. Research Resources, 2. Databases3. Alphabetical by Title

CLICK A-TO-ZPaste 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, 2005Volume 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

American Journal of Nursing

Select Journal Title

Search

CLICK ON THE JOURNAL TITLE, IF FOUND

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.A

13

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 Service

s

Click Interlibrar

y Loan

Read the Instructions, then select the type of

material you want. Click Periodicals

for an article request.

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.

Loans are usually free. If a free copy cannot be located, you will be notified prior to any charges.

Questions? Just ask!

Judy Salm628-4537

jasalm@fhsu.edu

MaryAlice Wade628-4342

mawade2@fhsu.edu

Lynn Haggard628-5566

lhaggard@fhsu.edu

Angela Barger628-4529 abarger@fhsu.edu

The End

Created by MaryAlice Wade, September 2009mawade2@fhsu.edu