Finding an article when you only have the title. Slide 1. Slide notes. Page 1 of 18

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2 Slide 2 Have you ever tried to find an article but not been able to because you only knew the name of the journal? Page 2 of 18

3 Slide 3 Have you ever searched for a journal article and not been able to access it, either because you had an incorrect reference, or the journal asked you to pay for the article. Page 3 of 18

4 Slide 4 I ll show you how to search for it and get it without paying. Page 4 of 18

5 Slide 5 Here s a scenario: you have a reference, perhaps from a bibliography, and you need to track down this source. You think this is an article. But at this point it s a good idea to ask: how do you know this reference is to an article, and not a book or report? Page 5 of 18

6 Slide 6 Journal articles are identified by the following elements: one or more authors, an article title, a journal title, volume and issue numbers, page numbers, and date of publication. Page 6 of 18

7 Slide 7 Back to our reference: we can confirm its an article by identifying that it s from the journal Canadian Geographer, the title of the article is Mapping international flows of electronic waste, and you can also see volume, issue, page numbers, and year of publication. We know now we need to look for the journal Canadian Geographer. Page 7 of 18

8 Slide 8 Let s now start at the library homepage, library.wlu.ca Click the link on the left side of the page to Journal titles Then, type the journal title into the search box in the middle of the page and click the search button If the journal is available electronically, you'll see the title appear in the Journal Title section below the search box. Click this link. Page 8 of 18

9 Another window will open. You ll notice Full text links if we have a subscription to the journal, and what databases they are found in. Note the dates shown for the available years. Be careful to select the database with the range of years that you are looking for. Let s choose the first access link. Page 9 of 18

10 Slide 9 A new window will open up, and this shows us the journal Canadian Geographer, available from the Scholars Portal database. There are now two ways we can get our article. You could browse the journal issues and navigate to the year and issue you're looking for Or, you can search within this journal for the article title. Page 10 of 18

11 Slide 10 Let's search for our article by first checking the box that limits the search to this journal. Page 11 of 18

12 Slide 11 Then, type the title of the article into the search box. Click the search button below. Page 12 of 18

13 Slide 12 Click the search button below. We see the citation to the article appear in the results screen. We can read the full text of the article by clicking the button below the citation. Note that other databases may indicate full text either with an html link, or another full text icon. If you click the full text link, you can get the electronic copy. The full text copy should open up in a separate window. But what if there is no full text version available electronically? Page 13 of 18

14 Slide 13 Let's go back to the previous page where we started to look for journals by title. We'll search for the journal California Geographer. Our search returns no records, but note we can search for print journals using Primo. Enter the journal title in the search box and click search. If we have the journal in the library, we will see the location and holdings information. To get full details, click the Details tab, then More bibliographic information. This shows us what locations the journal is found in, and what range of years is found in each location. Page 14 of 18

15 Slide 14 This window shows us what locations the journal is found in, and what range of years the library has for a journal Page 15 of 18

16 Slide 15 If we don t have the journal electronically, or in print, you can request a copy through our interlibrary loan service, RACER. Page 16 of 18

17 Slide 16 For more information on our interlibrary loan service please watch our tutorial Requesting Interlibrary Loans Page 17 of 18

18 Slide 17 If you have any questions, ask us at library.wlu.ca/help/askus Page 18 of 18