Tutorial: Finding Articles

Once you have a citation for a document, it is pretty easy to find the resource in question. 

It is important to understand how to read a citation, and when you have determined what type of resource it is, there are a variety of ways that you can find the full text of the document.

Since this LibGuide focuses primarily on finding articles, provided below are some tips that you can use to identify that the citation you're looking at is for a journal article:

• There will often be a volume number, and issue number
• page numbers will be displayed in the citation
• No publisher information 
• No location information 
• There are 2 titles (one is the name of the journal, and the other is the name of the article)

Now that you've identified that you want to get access to a journal article, you can try some of the suggestions below to get access to the full document:

• Search for the title of the article in Omni. If we have access to it, you're likely to find it this way.
• If you don't find the article, try a "Journal Search" to find the journal.  When you find the journal, either search within it, or navigate to the year, volume and issue provided in the citation.
• You can also use the "Citation Finder" to find the full text of the article.

If you don't find your item in Omni, it is possible that the Library does not have access to it. In this case, you can make an interlibrary loan request to get the article from another library.

If you are having any difficulties with locating a resource, or require help with finding articles, we always welcome you to reach out to us at Library@trentu.ca.