Title/Name of the Journal

Date and/or volume/issue containing desired article

The rest of the citation (author, article title, and/or page numbers) is needed to access the article. (See Finding Articles guide to find citations to articles on a specific topic.)

If you are viewing citations to articles after searching a database, click the button to see how the University Library provides access to the article.

See the Find It! guide for more information.

Go to the Library Catalog

Change Search: pull-down menu from "Keyword" to Title (begins with).

Change pull-down menu from "Search Entire Library Collection" to Periodicals and Newspapers.

Search for the title of the journal (not the title of the article!).

If several journal titles are listed, click the title of the desired journal to display the full record.

If the screen displays Access online box, check for the years available.

If a Location box is present, look at the Holdings (paper copies) and Supplements (microfilm copies) lines for the volumes or years to see if the library has the volume/year of the desired article.

Paper and microfilm copies are shelved by the title of the journal in the Periodicals section of the University Library Reference Room.

See below for an example catalog record.

Go to the Electronic Journals page

Use the search box to search for the journal title (or use the alphabetical list (starting with the first word of the journal title).

If desired journal is listed, compare the dates available online to the date of the desired article.

If the online availability covers the desired article, click the link to access the journal's site, and use the appropriate information from the citation (date, volume/issue, page numbers) to access the article.

Submit Interlibrary Loan article form to request a copy of an article be sent from another library.