getting started>locating journal articles
Finding Journal Articles
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Do you have a citation (journal title, volume, issue, date and pages)
for an article? |
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Search for the journal title in our eJournal Locator. Do we have an online subscription for that date? |
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yes
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navigate to the volume and issue containing your article.
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Use a database
to search for articles.
Most databases offer
some full text and
also some citations.
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Search for the journal title in the library catalog. Do we have a print subscription for that date you want? |
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Write down the call number and retrieve the volume
from the stacks.
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You might try Google. On very rare occasions you can find the full text available on the web for free.
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Navigate to the volume and issue containing your article.
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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.
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