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How do I find journal articles about a topic?
                       Step 4: Is complete ar
ticle available?
                                 
Step 1: Clearly State your topic
Step 2: Choose a journal article index
Step 3: Look up your topic
Step 5: Locate full text of the articles
 

 FULL TEXT AVAILABLE WITH ARTICLE CITATION:

    
some citations have the full text of the article included.
        Access full text by clicking on a full text icon such as   Example Full Text Icon Example Full Text Icon Example Full Text Icon  Example full Text Icon
        or by clicking on wording such as
  HTML Full Text   PDF Full Text 
        
indicating the presence of full text.
 
     some citations provide a connecting link to the full text of
        the article
.  Links to full text can be activated by clicking on icons
        such as
  Check Article Availability at CSUDH  or
        by clicking on wording such as  Linked Full Text

 FULL TEXT NOT AVAILABLE WITH ARTICLE CITATION
     CHECK OTHER LIBRARY RESOURCES:
  
 
      some citations WILL NEITHER have the full text of the article included
        NOR
 provide a link to the full text.
  
      To check for Full Text elsewhere,  use the
  CSUDH Journals List 
        which
contains all print, microfilm, and online journals the Library
        subscribes to. Go to Step 5 for details.

    
 CSUDH LIBRARY DOES NOT OWN THE JOURNAL YOU NEED : You may
     request an Interlibrary Loan to get an article from another library. Articles
     can take anywhere from a week to a month to arrive at the CSUDH Library.


DON'T ASSUME THERE ARE NO ARTICLES on your topic if your search
     doesn’t produce any good hits.
Ask for help at the Reference Desk or
     e-mail a Librarian

 

What is a Citation?
brief description of an article including author, title and journal in which article is found along with volume, date & page on which article appears.
What is an Abstract?
brief summary of the contents of an article,
(more definitions)