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How to Access an Article on a Journal's Website: Home

Why didn't FoxHunt/Library Database Take Me to the Full Text of an Article?

Some journal websites don't allow us to link directly to articles from FoxHunt and other library databases.  This happens most commonly with open access articles from DOAJ or Free EJournals databases.  This does not mean that we don't have access to the article.  Simply that you must search or navigate through the journal's website to find the full text.

Journals publish multiple times per year so they will organize their content by volume and issue on their websites.  Volume usually contains all of the articles published in that particular year or time period.  Within a volume, articles may be organized into separate issues.  Each issue contains the articles published in that month or season.  This is an important part of tracing the full text of an article.

How to Find the Full Text

Option 1 Search for the Article

Look for a search bar for the page and type or copy and paste the article title into this search bar.

Option 2 Find It Using the Website Menu

If there is no search bar or there are no results for your search, look for the following links or menu items:

  • Archive/Archives
  • Back Issues
  • All Issues
  • Issue List
  • Table of Contents

Once you get to the page where all journal issues are kept, use the information on the library page about the article to locate it.

  1. Start by finding the year and locating it in the list on the journal website page
  2. Match the volume and issue number on the library page to that on the journal website
  3. Click on the matching issue
  4. Now look for the article title in the list of articles for that issue

If you're unable to access the website or none of these options appear available, contact librarian for help.

Website Examples

Here are some examples of where to find these links on the website:

 

 

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