FINDING FULL-TEXT ARTICLES

Using A-to-Z

“FULL-TEXT” = COMPLETE ARTICLE

The library databases contain some articles which are “full-text”--that is, there is a link to the complete article—and others that have only the citation and perhaps the abstract (summary).

Even when there is no full-text link in one database, it is possible that the article is available in another

database, or in a print journal owned by the library.

BUT

EXAMPLE

No link to full-text or PDF

Highlight and Copy (control + C) the Journal

Name

American Family Physician

We need to find out if the full-text of this journal is available in another database.

Return to the library’s homepage by clicking on the HOME icon (on a library computer)

or go to:www.fhsu.edu/library

Open a new tab by clicking Control + T

CLICK EBSCO A-TO-Z

A to Z is a search engine that

searches all the databases for full-

text journals

PASTE THE JOURNAL NAME INTO THE

A-TO-Z FIND BOX AND CLICK SEARCH

Control + V

CHECK THE DATABASES’ COVERAGE AGAINST YOUR ARTICLE’S DATE

Click the EBSCOHost Tab to see the article citation again if you don’t remember the

date

Date is February 15, 2005Volume 71, issue 4, p. 717 – 724, and 728.

All of these databases contain the journal American Family

Physician for 2005, so you could choose any of them. We’ll

choose ProQuest Nursing by clicking on the title.

We are now in the database ProQuest Nursing, viewing all issues from American Family

Physician. Note the list of issues/dates at the bottom of the page. Scroll down

to find the 2005 issues.

CLICK ON THE CORRECT

DATE/ISSUE

Find your article in the table of contents. There may be several pages to scroll

through.

CLICK FULL-TEXT LINK. CHOOSE PDF IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION.

PDF version contains the page numbers you need for your

citation.

PDF DOCUMENT

Use the printer icon within the pdf frame instead of the Print—File command

IF THE JOURNAL IS NOT FOUND IN A-TO-Z, OR IF THE DATE YOU NEED IS

NOT FOUND

Journal not found in A to

Z

1.Find out if we have the issue in print by searching the online catalog for the journal title. (See “Finding Print Articles” tutorial for details.)

2. If we do not have the article in print, request it through Interlibrary Loan (See Requesting Books and Articles” tutorial.

3.Questions? Call 785-628-5283 or e-mail us at refserv@fhsu.edu