Locate the full text of articles

START HERE

Do you have a citation (journal title, volume, issue, date and pages)
for an article?

yes

Search for the journal title in our eJournal Locator. Do we have an online subscription for that date?

yes

Great. Just navigate to your article, the full text is there.

Use a database
covering your subject
to search for articles.
Most databases offer
some full text and
also some citations.

Search for the journal title in the library catalog. Do we have a print subscription for that date you want?

yes

Write down the call number and retrieve the volume
from the stacks.

You might try Google. On very rare occasions you can find the full text available on the web for free.

yes

Navigate to the volume and issue containing your article.

If the journal is not available at BU electronically or in print, you can use our interlibrary loan service to request a copy of the article you need. The service is free and typically takes two to three weeks.

If this is not fast enough, identify a local library that owns the journal (volume and year) you need. Librarians at any Reference Desk will help you start this process using the database WorldCat. You can go to most libraries and copy the article yourself.

Dan Benedetti (benededa@bu.edu)
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