Jump to: Finding Full Text | Using Article Databases
Articles are great for research! They usually cover a very narrow topic in great detail and are written by experts.
Already have a citation?
Search the eJournal Locator for the journal title to find a copy through our libraries, or request a copy via Interlibrary Loan.
Looking for articles from any journal?
Use a database! To get started:
Need more help?
Keep scrolling for step-by-step instructions and videos. And you can always ask a librarian for individual help.
Some databases include full text articles along with the citations. If that's the case, just click the full text link to open the article! If you're starting with a citation from another resource, or if you find a database citation without full text, you'll need access the article another way:
Need more help? Contact a librarian or watch a video with in-depth instructions.
If the journal is not available online, we may have a print copy in the library. You can access these in person or by requesting a scan:
If the Libraries own the hardcopy journal but don't have access to an electronic version, you may request a copy of the article via our free scanning service, ScanIt @ H:
You will receive an email when your scan is ready. It will be accessible through your ILLiad account.
Questions? Learn more about ScanIt @ H or ask a librarian for help.
If full text is not available through the UHart Libraries, we can often get an electronic copy through Interlibrary Loan.
You will receive an email when your scan is ready. Usually a PDF copy will be sent via email within a few days, though some requests may take longer.
Questions? Learn more about Interlibrary Loan or ask a librarian for help.
Unfortunately, there is no one database you can use to search all journal articles. Each database has citations from a different set of journals. Often a database will focus on one subject area, so the first step to finding an article citation is to find an appropriate database to search.
On the Allen Library homepage, the most helpful performing arts databases are listed under Find Articles & Dissertations. To find more:
Need more help? Contact a librarian or watch a video about finding journal article databases.
Top tips for starting your search:
If you can't find what you're looking for in one database, try a different database to search different journals.
Need more help? Contact a librarian or watch a video to see database searching in action!
If you don't get the results you're looking for, you may need to broaden or narrow your search and try again. One way to do so is to add related terms or synonyms to broaden your search. Then use connector words to combine all your terms into one efficient search.
Need more help? Contact a librarian or watch a video about connector words.
When you search multiple words, a database will look for those words separately, anywhere in the citation. With quotation marks around a multi-word term, a database will look for those words together, exactly as written. So put quotation marks around multi-word terms (e.g. "music therapy") to search more precisely.
Need more help? Contact a librarian or watch a video about quotation marks.
If your search gets too many results, you can limit results by language, source type, date, and more. Select limiters on the main search page before you search, or in the left menu after you search. However, limiting too much may exclude useful results, so add limiters carefully!
Need more help? Contact a librarian or watch a video about database limiters.
Search eJournal Locator for the journal title:
Need help? See our article help page or ask a librarian.
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