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Subject specific sources ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Finding the text of a known citation .................................................................................................................................... 2
Department of the Interior Library Resources ..................................................................................................................... 3
Starting points and sources on the Web .............................................................................................................................. 4
A brief guide to information on the Web
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I have a citation; I just need to find the
full text
What if I can't find it in Google?
As an NPS Employee, you have access to resources through the DOI
Library. This access greatly enhances what is available to you.
Begin at the DOI Library website
y Click on "Electronic Resources" on the left
y Scroll down to "Find Electronic Resources by Title."
y Search for the title of the journal where your article is
published.
y If the journal is one that is subscribed to through a subscription
with the DOI Library, you may click on the link from the search
page to search for the full text of the article.
For more about the resources available through the DOI, skip ahead in
this document to page 3.
Cant I just use Google Scholar?
Yes, it is certainly worthwhile to try Google
Scholar. Google Scholar is fairly good at bringing
up full text of articles if it is available.
y From Google Scholar, search by title of
the article.
y Put the title, or a piece of the title, inquotes to search as an exact phrase.
y Searching in Google Scholar will find
more citations than full-text articles.
Google Scholar is actually pretty good at
finding open access scholarly articles.
However, according to a 2010 study,
only 20 percent of published scholarly
articles are freely available on the web.
If Google Scholar doesn't come up with full text, try
looking for the title and/or author in the traditional
Google search. There is a chance you will find it this
way if it has been linked on a personal site.
I still havent found full text. What can I do now?
If you ever need assistance with locating an article, pleasecontact Nancy Hori at [email protected]
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Open Access Publishing resources
Directory of Open Access Journals
(DOAJ) Holds free, full-text, quality
controlled scientific and scholarly journals,
and attempts to cover all subjects. Can be
searched for articles, but only half of the
journals are indexed on the article level.
OpenDOARA directory of academic open
access repositories.
OAIsterOpen catalog of freely available
scholarly articles and digital resources.
Sources for Government Information:
THOMASFor legislation (bills and Public
Laws) from the 93rd Congress to the present.
Federal Digital System (FDSys)As of 2009,
FDSys is the U.S. Government Printing Offices
site, replacing GPOAccess. Includes Code of
Federal Regulations and Congressional
documents.
GPOAccessThe former digital repository of
the U.S. Government Printing Office. As of
2009, is preserved as archive-only.
Congressional Research Service Reports:
Open CRS A project of the Center for
Democracy & Technology.
UNT Congressional Research Service
ReportsArchived by University of
North Texas.
National Council for Science and the
Environment CRS Reports Digitized
reports collected by the NCSE
Specialized Search Tools
ScirusSearches science-specific Web
resources to retrieve articles, patents, and
journals often overlooked by general
search engines. Also contains current
news.
Science.govfederally sponsored search
engine for government science
information. Provides mostly full text.
WorldWideScience.orgglobal science
gateway comprised of national and
international scientific databases and
portals
InfomineFocuses on nine categories
(including biological sciences, cultural
diversity, maps & GIS, social sciences and
government info). This tool is librarian built
and retrieves university level web sites,
databases, journals, and more. It will
retrieve subscription-controlled sources,
but denotes these with a dollar sign on the
results page. Both browse-able and
searchable.
Starting points and sources on the Web:Sites listed here have been hand picked and offer paths to vetted, quality information
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