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SGIS S150 Seminar

Research guide for freshman direct admit students to the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies

Finding the Full-Text

When you've found an article you want in OneSearch, click on the "IU Link" to see your options for accessing the full text. 

Listing of item records on OneSearch@IU search results. IU-Link button is below the listings circled in red.

 

If the full text is available online, you should be redirected to the entire text of the article. 

Item record on a database with "Full Text PDF" link on the right circled in red.

 

Sometimes, however, you'll receive a notice that this article is not available. If you see this message, write down the journal title in which the article was published (not the article title), as well as the volume and issue numbers and the date of publication. 

Citation of an item not available through IU-Link. Circled in red are: year of publication, journal title, and volume and issue numbers.

 

Go to the libraries homepage and type in the journal title in the main search box. Be sure to select the "Journals" option in the drop down menu. 

 

If the journal appears in the results list, click on the title to see the library's holdings. 

Three columns of results from 1- one search at I U, 2- I U cat, 3- Database Titles. The journal is listed under IUCAT

 

On the record page, check the holdings to make sure that the specific journal volume and issue number you need is available. This particular journal is available in print at the Auxiliary Library Facility ("ALF", the libraries' storage facility), but for the time being, the ALF is generally not delivering physical materials.  You can view the full text at HathiTrust.  When the ALF delivery services resume, so you may request to have the journal delivered from the ALF to the Wells Library by clicking on the crimson "Request This" button in the top right corner of the page. 

 

On the Hathi Trust website you may search within the item, or click the "Check Out" button to browse a full-text digitized copy of the journal. You can view the full-text but downloads are not currently available.
You can also save the permanent link to the journal in HathiTrust, for easy reference later.