If you only have a citation of an article, try one of the options below to locate the full-text of the article.
1. Click the "Find It!" link, near a citation in an online database, if you're in the middle of
searching the databases.
Example: Getting the Full Text in EBSCO Databases
Example:
Journal Title: Food Microbiology 21 (2004), pp. 535–541
Article Title: Bacteriological quality and safety of raw milk in Malaysia
(Note: you would also need to input at least one more information on the article such as author(s), Journal/publication title, ISSN, etc.)
Example:
Article title: Bacteriological quality and safety of raw milk in Malaysia
Author(s): Fook Yee Chye, Aminah Abdullah, Mohd Khan Ayob
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2003.11.007
Example:
Article title: Bacteriological quality and safety of raw milk in Malaysia
If any of the options above don't work, then request articles via Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Document Delivery Services for the HPU Libraries (Use the Journal Article Online Request Form)
Here is a quick summary of the search process.
1. Once your topic is decided, select the appropriate databases for your subject.
2. Do a trial search, using a few of the specific key terms for your topic.
3. Review the full record of the first ten or more articles.
4. Focus only on the subject terms in the results:
-Did you select a keyword that is their subject heading?
-Is there an alternate subject term to use?
-Are there some terms that will help you narrow your retrieval?
5. Revise your search using the subject terms found.
6. Narrow further, if necessary, by adding more terms or other limiters available.
7. Check if you need to adjust the time coverage for your topic.
Reminder: the titles of articles do not always indicate the content of the articles (their subject focus), but if you have done a subject search then you know the articles will cover your topic.
