Find a specific article or journal
If you already know what article you want, search for the journal, magazine, or newspaper it's in:
- Search our online journal locator to see if we have it electronically.
- If we have the journal online, compare the dates of our journal access to the date of the article you need.
- If the article falls within the dates, click into the journal and navigate to or search for your article.
- If the article is outside the dates, we don't have electronic access.
- Search our Library Catalog (MERLIN) to see if we have the journal in print.
- If we have the journal in print, check the record to make sure we have the date with your article.
- If we don't have the article electronically or in print, request the article through interlibrary loan. We can find most articles, and email them to you, free of charge, typically within 10 days.
Find articles on a topic
Find journal, magazine and newspaper articles in our databases. Find a database by subject or try one of our most popular databases:
To search the database:
- Select one or more key terms to represent your topic and enter them into the database like this:
- Limit your results by publication date, publication type, or to scholarly journals as desired. (Note: Different databases offer different limiting options.)
- Review your results for articles that look relevant. If you find an article, but there's no full text, click the
button or link (for more details see below).
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How to find the full-text of your article.
Click the button or link if the article you need is not available in full-text when you are searching a database. The "Find It" button opens a new screen, like the one below, showing 3 options to find the full article:
- An electronic copy may be found in other resources—Click on the “article” or “journal” link.
- If no electronic copy is available, then search the MERLIN Library Catalog for a print copy—Click on the “by journal title” link.
- If no electronic or print copy is available, request the article through interlibrary loan—Click on the link to your home library. We can find most articles, and email them to you, free of charge, typically within 10 days.
