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Answered By: Evangeline Reid
Last Updated: Jul 15, 2022     Views: 83

Note: The more details you have about the article, the more easily you can confirm if the library has access to it. A complete citation is ideal. A complete citation includes author, title of the article, title of the journal, volume/issue numbers, and page numbers.

 

To determine if the Phillips Library has a specific article you want, follow these steps:

On the Phillips Library homepage, go to the search box and click the magnifying glass. This will open a full-page search interface known as Spartan Search that looks across most library databases.

 

If you have the complete citation:

  1. Click "Journal Search" at the top of the page. 
  2. Search for the journal title.
  3. Click on the journal title and look under "View Online" to see which databases have access.
  4. Look at the publication date range under each access option to see which database has the time period you need. (For example, if your article was published in 1983, a database with issues of that journal published from 2001 to the present is not a good choice.)
  5. Click on a database title to open the journal there. 
  6. Find the year and click.
  7. Find the volume/issue number and click when you have found its match
  8. Find the specific article to access the full text.

If the library doesn't have what you are looking for, you can request the item from another library through Tipasa Interlibrary Loan. On the Phillips Library home page, click on the Tipasa Account link under the search box. Use the information you have about the article to fill in the form and click submit. 

 

If you do not have the complete citation, you can try several approaches.

  • Use Spartan Search to search for the article title in quotation marks.
  • Follow the above steps as far as possible to reach a database that allows you to search within the specific journal.
  • Contact a librarian.