What if you're looking for a specific article? Maybe your professor has recommended it, or you found a citation in a book or journal. What should you do?
- Determine the SOURCE - what journal, magazine, or other publication printed the article?
- Choose a database that is likely to include this kind of source.
- Example: If you're looking for Harvard Business Review, try a business database, like EBSCO's Business Source Complete.
- Look in the toolbar for an option for searching publications. You might see "Publications," Publication Search," or "Browse Titles."
- Type in the journal title (if possible), or browse through the list of available journals to see if that title is included.
- WARNING: journal titles may be listed, but that doesn't always mean that they're available in Full Text format. In some databases your title might come with citations only.
- Some databases will allow you to specify the year, month, issue, and other criteria. Make the appropriate selections to view all articles from that issue.
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Choose to search within the publication, and use words from the title of the article to narrow your search.