How to Get Full-Text Articles

How To Get Full-Text Articles

1.&n= bsp; Check the WSC E-Journal Finder

· Go to the WSC Li= brary website: http://www.worcester.edu/Library<= /a>

· Click on Articles & Databases

· Click on E-Journal Finder

· If off campus, t= ype your WSC network user name/ password, click login OR click Off Campus Access Information

· Choose the appro= priate search method – e.g. Title equals, etc.

· Type the journal name in the box. Highlight the title and click “Ctrl c” [copy].

· Click Search

· If databases com= e up listing the full-text coverage for = the date you need, click on the database name; choose the desired year and issue, find the desired article

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2.&n= bsp; If no databases come up listing full-text coverage of the desired journal, check the WSC Library Catalog for the print and/or the microfilm and/or the o= nline version

· Click on Library Catalog

· Type the journal name or click “Ctrl v” [paste] in the Find This box

· Pull down the menu in the Find Results In box. Click on Journal Title Keyword

·         Click on Search. (To see the years of coverage of t= he online version, click on the link).

3. If y= ou need to see what other libraries own= the journal, check WorldCat (the world-wide library catalog).

·         Go to the WSC Library website: http://www.worcester.edu/Library<= /a>

·         Scroll down to the bottom of the screen

·         Click on WorldCat (t= he first one listed)

·         If off campus, type your WSC network user name/password, click login OR= click Off Campus Access Informatio= n

·         Click on Advanced Search

·         Type in your search or click “Ctrl v” [paste]. Pull down t= he menu and click on Title<= /i>

·         Click on Search

·         Click on the tab Serials

·         Under the appropriate record click on Libraries Worldwide

·         If appropriate, click on the tab Internet

·         Under the appropriate record click on Libraries Worldwide

If the library= name is in blue, click on the library name to get directly into that library’s catalog for the call number, complete holdings and availability.

4. Get = the article desired from other librarie= s through Inter-Library Loan<= /b> only if material is not available in any format at WSC.

Fill out an INTER-LIBRARY LOAN request f= orm online from the WSC Library website: http://www.worcester.edu/Library.