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Earlier in the chapter, the presented material covered keywords and narrowing or broadening your search to identify a manageable number of articles to consult. Now more depth about electronic resources will be provided and guidance about physically obtaining those articles.

A lot of browsing is done “online” using electronic resources (E-resources). It is important to know how to obtain the physical copies of the resources about your topic. Your library homepage will probably contain links to a Catalogue (to find books), Electronic Resources such as Databases and Indexes (to find journals), and Online Journals (full text). Databases and indexes are typically used to locate an article of interest. Online journals provide articles (although not necessarily for all dates of publication) in downloadable form.

Once you have located an article of interest through a database or index, you want to determine whether the article is immediately downloadable from a journal with online access (from the library’s collection of online journals). In databases like PsycINFO, the user enters a keyword and selects several fields (“Select a Field”) such as author name, journal where the article appears, publication date, or a combination of these fields to locate a relevant article. The next question is how to obtain that article. This process usually involves your library’s electronic journal holdings. For a given article you have located, there is usually an option to check for “full text” (see Figure 2.8).

Some articles are linked directly to the database citation via a linking tool with a symbol that states “PDF full text” (see Figure 2.9). Compare Figures 2.8 and 2.9.

When the PDF Full Text symbol and/or the HTML Full Text symbols are present (see Figure 2.9), just click on one of these links and your article will appear. PDF full text is preferred because the article will have the visual appearance of the actual article (e.g., with the correct page numbers and all figures). The HTML version is computer generated, and not all figures or images may appear; in addition, the formatting is not identical to the actual article, making it difficult to identify original page numbers if you want to quote from the article. If the symbols are not present (see Figure 2.8), you typically click on the link that says, “Check for Full text.” This link will either provide options for obtaining the article (e.g., “Content is available via the following links” and these will be listed to click on) or you will see a statement something like: “Sorry, no holdings were found for this journal. Please see additional options below for finding this journal.” The additional option will typically be requesting the item through interlibrary loan (see Figure 2.10). Interlibrary loan is a system that allows library patrons to request library materials not held by their institution. Librarians carefully select the combination of databases they offer (pay for) to give library patrons the greatest coverage, but they can’t provide every resource. Interlibrary loan allows users to obtain needed materials through other libraries.

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Figure 2.8 Screenshot of a Library’s Electronic Journal Holdings for a Specific Article With Option to Check for Full Text

Source: PsycINFO®.

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Figure 2.9 Screenshot of a Library’s Electronic Journal Holdings for a Specific Article With Option to Download PDF or HTML Full Text

Source: PsycINFO.

Interlibrary loan: System that allows library patrons to request library materials not held by their institution.

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Figure 2.10 Screenshot of Interlibrary Loan Request for a Specific Article Not Available at Current Library

Source: PsycINFO.