I have a citation for an article. How do I find the full text of the article?
Answer
When You Have a Citation and are not in a database
You should already have a citation - here is an example:
1. Type the title of the article in the OneSearch box:
2. Find your article in the result list and click the Full text available link:
3. Select a full text option in the Available Online section by clicking the database name - sometimes there are multiple sources so just pick one!
4. The link will do one of the following:
- Open the article
- Open an abstract of the article [from which you will need to look for the PDF or html of the complete article] click here for example
- Display a table of contents for a journal.
5.Or you can try to searching Google Scholar, be sure you have changed settings so the ViewIt@SacState link appears. It will link you back to the Library for full text access.
If you have a DOI, you can copy/paste the DOI number into OneSearch. Make sure to only put the DOI number!
Instructions for finding full-text while in a database are here.
Instructions for requesting articles the library does not provide subscription access to are here.
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