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Checking to see if Gleeson Library has a particular journal (or any periodical)

Hi friends! How can you find out if Gleeson Library has access to a journal, so you get the full text of an article without paying for it? Here are some tips for two situations: 1. You have the information for an article and want to check to see if the library has it, and 2. You are in a library database already and can't find the full text of an article you want.

Situation One: In this example, your professor has asked you to either find articles from or to search through some specific journals, including Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and American Review of Public Administration.

Here's how to search for specific journals in our library:

Search in Journal Finder!

To search, you can type in a word or phrase (like public administration) and see all journal titles that contain those words, or type in the title of a journal (like public administration review) to see if we have it and how to access it.

The results screen will show you if we have the journal, for what years, and where you can find it in our library's collection.

This results screen shows you which online library databases have the journal you need, and for what years.
If you clicked on one, Business Source Complete, you will come to the journal's landing page, where you can do topic searching or click on specific issues.
Sometimes when you search Journal Finder, you get this screen. This means the journal you searched was not found in the collection. For Public Administration Review, you might want the more recent issues that we don't have at Gleeson. At the end of this slide show we will talk about how to get articles not at our library!
Situation Two: You are already in a database (Like Fusion), and you can't find the full text of an article you have found.

Here is how to find an article in our library when you are ALREADY using a library database (like Fusion):

You will notice that there is a Full Text Finder link under your article, instead of a PDF or HTML Full Text link, or Linked Full Text link. Click Full Text Finder.

Clicking the Full Text Finder link will take you to a list of choices for finding your article. We do NOT have every article in the world, but we have a lot. Here is the screen you will see, with list of choices explained:

If Gleeson Library does not have the journal or article you need, you can try ordering a copy of the article from another library. This is called Interlibrary Loan, or ILL, and the tool we use to order is called ILLiad. Once you click on the ILLiad link, you will sign in with your MyUSF user name and password, and begin making a request.

The start screen for ILLiad once you log on. Select the order form for the type of material you need, and fill out the required information

Once you order an article, it can take anywhere from a couple of days to a week to receive a scanned copy of the article. You will get an email when the article is ready for you to view/print/download.

Still have questions? Please use any of our services at Ask a Librarian!

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