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Research Tutorials

Library Tutorial on Searching for a Specific Article

This tutorial covers how to determine if an article you have found while performing an online search (Google, Google Scholar), or from a citation is available through the HNU Library.

This tutorial covers:

  • Copy/Paste Article Title Search
  • Searching for "Journals by Title"
  • locating the full-text PDF to download articles onto your device

We also cover what to do when the HNU Library does not have access to a PDF of the article you want.

Does the HNU Library have the Specific Article I need?

The fastest way to see if the HNU Library has a copy of the specific article you need is to simply copy and paste the article's title to perform an Article Search in the HNU catalog. However, if it is still unclear if the article you want is available you can search "Journals by Title" to make a determination. 

 

STEP 1:

Collect all of the relevant information you will need to search for the article:

(Info from a Webpage)    (Info from a Citation)
Article citation information from database

 

Article citation information from article reference list

a) Journal Title; b) Publication Date; c) Volume and/or Issue Number; d) Article Title; e) Page Range


 

STEP 2:

Go to the library's homepage and click on the "Journals by Title" tab to check if the HNU Library has Full-Text access to the journal where your article is published.

Journals by Title tab from HNU Library search box


Enter the title of the journal where your article is published to search through our subscriptions.

Journal title search


STEP 3:

If the HNU Library DOES have Full-Text access to the journal where your article is published,

then you will need to check that our subscription date range covers the publication date of your article.

Journal coverage results

 

If the article you are hoping to locate was published within the library's subscription date range, click on the link to browse

through the journal for your article's specific volume and/or issue number, article title and page range.

 

If your publication date is not available, you will need to place an Inter-Library Loan (ILL) Request. 


If the HNU Library DOES NOT have Full-Text access to the journal where your article is published, then you will see this message:

Search returns no results

 

If the HNU Library doesn't have a subscription to the journal where your article is published, you will need to

place an Inter-Library Loan (ILL) Request.