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Find an Article Using a Citation
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Identify the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper from the citation.
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Type title in the search box.
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Click enter or click the Search button. If the article is available a list of research database that carries the journal full-text will appear..
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Click on the link to the database that has the journal for the date that the article was published (see the citation).
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Once you get to the database choose the search within journal option and add keywords from the article title.
Off-Campus Login to Article Databases
Find Online Articles
The research databases are indexed by:
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Title alphabetically.
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Subject (e.g. Criminology, Psychology, etc.).
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Source Type of information (e.g. Statistics, Images, etc.).
Find eBooks
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Click on the radio button next to "Library Catalog." This will limit your search to mostly books and eBooks.
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Enter your keyword terms that describe the topic you are researching.
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You will see you can limit your search by using the filters under the "Any field":
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Subject
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Author/creator
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Title
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Should you know the exact title select "Title," type it in then under the "contains" menu select "is (exact)Click
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"Search" or hit enter.
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You can use the filters that should appear next to the result list to look for online items or eBooks. the "Full text" filter will give your a list of digital items available online.
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