LIBRARY INFORMATION HOW TO ACCESS FULL-TEXT ARTICLES Professor Paul Tremblay, or THIS PRESENTATION COVERS THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED INTO ACCESSING THE FULL ARTICLE OF CITATIONS RETRIEVED ON DATABASES SUCH AS PROQUEST, EBSCO, INFOTRAC, CSA, ERIC OR PSYCINFO

In a nutshell: once you have found a citation in a database, you will have 4 options to obtain the full-text of the article. Option 1: the article is available full- text right from the database you are searching from. Just click on the “Full-Text HTML” or “PDF” and you are all set. Option 1: the article is available full- text right from the database you are searching from. Just click on the “Full-Text HTML” or “PDF” and you are all set. That was the very easy part… What if the full-text is not available from the database you are searching? That was the very easy part… What if the full-text is not available from the database you are searching?

Option 2: After you perform a search in most databases (including ProQuest, Ebsco, InfoTRAC, ERIC, CSA, etc) you will be provided with a list of citations (title of the article, all the way down to the page number); oftentimes you will have no direct access to the full-text. Indeed you have indirect access. Each citation is accompanied by this symbol

By clicking on “Article Linker”, you should access a software (Serials Solution) which will determine which, if any, database(s) carry the article in question. If found, Serials Solution opens a new window with either the article itself (in HTML or PDF) or a direct link to it.

You will encounter different levels of difficulties and hurdles, depending on the depository database ProQuest is usually the easiest. Ebsco will make you click a few times. Do not give up. Call us if you have a problem. ProQuest is usually the easiest. Ebsco will make you click a few times. Do not give up. Call us if you have a problem.

Print, , save… Most databases (CSA, ProQuest, Ebsco, InfoTrac…) provide you with the options to preserve, in one way or another, the citation and/or the full-text of the article. The companies have different interfaces and terminologies, but they are usually intuitive enough for you to figure out. Any problems, contact me. Most databases (CSA, ProQuest, Ebsco, InfoTrac…) provide you with the options to preserve, in one way or another, the citation and/or the full-text of the article. The companies have different interfaces and terminologies, but they are usually intuitive enough for you to figure out. Any problems, contact me.

Option 3: There is a possibility that the article you wish to obtain is only available in print somewhere in a LIU campus; in which case, after you clicked on “Article Linker”, this window should open with this message

Click on “Journal” to access our library online catalog.

Once in our catalog, the name and ISSN of the journal will be listed (usually #3). Click on the ISSN.

Here the catalog informs you that the journal is available in print at our Post campus. You may go to the campus or you may perform an ILL request (next section)

Option 4: You decided to ILL the document from Brooklyn or Post. Or… should all of the above fail… That is, we do NOT own the article online or in print. The message should read like this:

You will have to obtain the journal article from our Inter Library Loan Dept. Go to the Brooklyn Library homepage, click on “Westchester”, then click on “Journal Request”. WARNING! Do NOT click on the “Inter Library Loan” icon!!

On the “Journal Request” page for Westchester, do not forget to input your library barcode (located on the back of your LIU ID card); provide us with as much information as you possibly can.

What happens next? Once we obtained the material for you, we will call you to notify you that the article is on its way to the Westchester Campus. You will pick it up at the Reception Desk. Should you encounter any problem, please contact me at or Once we obtained the material for you, we will call you to notify you that the article is on its way to the Westchester Campus. You will pick it up at the Reception Desk. Should you encounter any problem, please contact me at or