FINDING ARTICLES

NOTE: Ariadne (the library catalog) DOES NOT contain information about individual articles within journals.

1. Select and search an index or database.

• Here's a list by topic or discipline
• Here's an alphabetical list by database name

2. Once you've found an article you want, you have to get it.

Write down the journal title, volume, date, pages, etc.

1. Search Ariadne for the journal title to find the call number.
   If we own the journal in print and have the volume and issue you want, congratulations! If we don't own it in print, then...
   
   
2. Search Online Journals at K to see if we have access to the full text of this journal.
   If we have access to the full text of the article you want, congratulations! If we don't have full text access, then...
   
   
3. Check WestCat (Western Michigan University's catalog).
   If Western owns the title and has the volume and issue you want, congratulations! If they don't own it in print, then...
   
   
4. Request the journal article through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) using your ILLiad account.

Need more help?

• What are Scholarly Journals?
• Using Bibliographies - books, articles, and text books
• How to Cite Sources

What Journals does the Library Own?

• In paper - Check Ariadne - search on your discipline or subject area, and in Step 2, limit the location to "Periodicals"
  • Or - Search Ariadne for a specific journal - enter the journal title into the Ariadne Title Search
• Online - Check Online Journals at K - to find out what online journals the Library subscribes to

Which indexes include a particular journal title?

• Periodical titles in FirstSearch indexes and databases
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Online < about >
• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory (in Print, Ref. Z6941 .U5)

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