How Do I Find an Article?
Get the FULL TEXT for a specific article
Search by Topic
From the Library website choose Articles & Indexes for all our databases OR go to Resources by Subject and select the discipline you are working in and use one of the recommended databases - Education, English & Literature, Psychology, etc.
Search the database using keywords that are relevant to your topic. Once you find an article on your topic, look at the subject headings to see if they can help you refine your search.
Mark articles you want to read, and check to see if there is a link to the full text. Print or e-mail yourself the articles you find. Be sure to note the database that contained the full text and the date you accessed the article.
Save the citations in RefWorks, e-mail the list and/or print out the brief citations so you have a record of your research
No full text for articles you want?
Check Online
When you have a citation to an article from a journal, newspaper or magazine check for the full text in Periodicals by Title.
Type in the title of the journal (not the article title) and click search.
Check if the date and issue you need is included in the full text coverage (all dates may not be available).
- Click on the database name. Then select the year and issue, or search by author and article title within that periodical.
- If the results list "Print Journals in Edgewood College Library," click the link to connect to the catalog. The catalog entry will tell you if we have the date you need.
- If you don't find the full text, use our InterLibrary Loan service below.
Inter-Library Loan
If your article isn't available in full text (or in our print journals), we can get it for any Edgewood student, faculty or staff:
Review the abstracts and subject headings to be sure the article is useful.
Create an Inter-Library Loan request by cutting and pasting the citation into our Inter-Library Loan form. Some databases may have an ILL option - use that to create an interlibrary loan.
OR Bring a list of your saved citations to the Library and we will help you with your ILL request.