How to get hold of full text articles

You have retrieved references on databases, Google Scholar etc, but have access to the abstract only, what now?

Compiled by Elsa Coertze 2010

Step 1

Check whether we subscribe to the electronic version of the JOURNAL TITLE

mentioned in the reference.

Can’t find the title on the list?

We do not subscribe to the e-version!

Step 2 Select

Select

Check whether we subscribe to the hard copy of the JOURNAL TITLE

mentioned in the reference.

Put in journal title

We do not subscribe to this journal!

Step 3Determine whether the journal is available from another library in South Africa by using Sabinet databaseIf it is available, you may do an interlending requestYou must be registered as an interlibrary user

Register either online: http://www.library.up.ac.za/interlending/onlineregister.htm or, on level 5 of Merensky library

Select

Click here

Select SACat

Put in the journal title

Select

Click on the correct title

It is available because the Univ. of Stellenbosch subscribes to it

If you are registered, select Request

Put in your user- ID and password correctly, and submit

Your personal details will be displayed

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Put in the date:

not less than 7 days of requesting

Select

Scroll down to the

bottom of the page

Put in the bibliographic details of the specific

article

Step 4

If the article is received in hard copy, you will be notified that you may collect it on Level 5

If the article is received electronically, it will be forwarded to you.

Step 5If the journal title was not found on Sabinet, it means that no library in South Africa subscribes to that journal.

If you are a master or doctoral student, you may contact the Interlending section on Level 5 to ask to request the article for you from an international library (012 ) 420 3229

If you encounter any problems, ask you information specialist for assistance