How can I locate the full text of an article?
Answer
There are options for locating the full text of an article:
1. If searching in a database, you can locate the full article by customizing your search.
** First, look for a phrase or words such as “Filters” or "Limit Your Results." The words to describe filters may vary from database to database.
** Next, click or check the button or box that says, “Full Text.”
Setting a “limiter” or “filter” to “Full Text” means all the article citations you retrieve will link to the whole article.
2. If you are using Google Scholar and have your Google Scholar “Library Links” set to UCNJ, and that journal is in one of the libraries databases, you’ll see a link to "Union CC has it." Click that to be connected to the article. (Sometimes publishers may offer a link to gain access to an article, but not always. That's because publishers are businesses, they sell journal subscriptions and don't typically give articles away. In the case of the UCNJ Libraries, our databases are by subscription, meaning the library has already paid for the subscription, and that's why you can access the articles without paying a fee.)
** If you need assistance with setting up your Google Scholar Library Links, see this FAQ-- Google Scholar: How do I set it up to link to subscription scholarly resources within the UCNJ Libraries?
** If you are off campus, or not using a UCNJ computer or UCNJ wi-fi, you will need to log in using your full UCNJ email address and password to authenticate as a current member of UCNJ.
3. Current members of UCNJ: DON’T PAY FOR AN ARTICLE! Paying for an article is not a library recommendation! If the article you want is not available through the UCNJ Libraries, we offer a free service called interlibrary loan (ILL) where we reach out to other libraries to ask them to share a copy of the article. (Information about the ILL Service is found here: https://libguides.ucc.edu/LibraryHome/ILL )
4. If you’ve tried to find the article and cannot-- librarians will assist you! Reach us on the Chat Service: https://libguides.ucc.edu