Find a great article using library databases, but it's not in full text? Follow these quick steps to grab the full text of an article from another database or get it from Interlibrary Loan.
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Find the Full Text of an Article: A step-by-step guide
1. Find the Full Text
of an Article
A step-by-step guide
2. Step 1 Click on the WSU Find it! button.
Usually it’s below the article
information, but sometimes you’ll
have to click on the title to find it.
3. Step 1 In OneSearch, the Find it! button is
at the top right.
4. Step 2 Check the date of the article against
the dates of the databases. Find the
one(s) that match up.
5. Step 3 Click on the database options for
full text availability.
6. Step 4 From the Find it! screen, you will
be taken to the full text.*
* If not, you may have to try another database, search within the
journal or database, or “drill down” to the correct year and month.
7. Step 5 Sometimes we don’t have access to
the full text, even using Find it!.
8. Step 6 Not to worry! Click on More Options
and use Interlibrary Loan to retrieve it
from another library
9. Step 7 Click to request item from
WSU Interlibrary Loan
10. Step 8 Enter the 14-digit code from
the back of your WSU ID.
Your password is your last name.
11. Step 9 Ensure the form is filled out correctly,
then click the box for the copyright
agreement, and click GO.
12. Step 10 Your ILL request was registered.*
* You will receive an email from WSU Interlibrary Loan with your article
attached, or from Minitex with directions on how to download your article.