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Find it! How to get the full-text of online articles
Find It! helps you locate the full text copy of your article!
When searching an article database you may see articles that are directly linked to the full text. These are labeled "html" or "pdf". When the article is not directly linked to the database you are searching, the U of M libraries may still own an electronic copy or a print copy elsewhere. If this is the case you should use the "Find It!" link to search all available resources. Often the full text of the article that you found is only a click or two away!
Tips:• Find It will connect you to a copy of your article.
• Find It will search for an electronic copy of your article in additional article indexes.
• Not online? Click on the "availability" link in MN-CAT Plus to see if the library owns the journal volume in which your article has been published in print.
How to find subject specfic article indexes for a research paper
Don't know where to start? Research Quickstart!
Research Quickstart is a great tool available online at http://www.lib.umn.edu/undergrad/.
All you have to know to use this tool is the topic that your paper might fall under. For example, a paper on "Adult Education" might fall under the heading "Education". A paper on "Environmental Change" might fall under several headings such as "Environmental Health", "Environmental Policy", or even "Government Information, US."
Once you've chosen a heading the Research Quickstart tool will give you a list of general and subject-specific article databases that will have scholarly articles on your chosen topic.
General database: A general database will have a variety of scholarly and popular articles across many different subject or topic areas. Academic Search Premier is an example of a general database.
Subject-Specific database: A subject-specific database will have a variety of scholarly articles across a small set of subjects or topics that are usually related. For example, Business Source Premier will have articles relating to business. This database would not have unrelated topics such as music, dance, medicine. science etc...it is a specialized database of articles concentrating on business only.
To review this process you can find a tutorial called Finding Article Indexes
MN-CAT now called MN-CAT Plus
MN-CAT (the U of M library catalog) is now MN-CAT Plus
MN-CAT Plus introduces new search functions, images of books, the new "Get it" system and a beta version of an article tab and article search functions.
• MN-CAT Plus, the library’s online catalog, can be searched to find books, journals, magazines, newspapers, maps, documents, CD’s, and videos that the U of M library owns. The online catalog can be accessed at http://www.lib.umn.edu. There is now limited article search functions within MN-CAT Plus, but you may still want to use the journals catalog to be sure to find all available articles.
• Click on the link “In the U of M Library��? to find out if the book has been checked out. In MN-CAT Plus green type indicates a copy of the item may be available, while red type indicates that all copies are currently unavailable.
• MN-CAT Plus DOES NOT search for article titles or article authors. There is a new tab called "articles", but currently it only searches a limited number of article databases.
• Click on "Online Access" to find out if the library owns the full text of an article and it is available online. If you are a U of M student there is no charge to access most articles.
• Not available online? Click on the title, then the library name to find out what issues of a newspaper, magazine, or journal the library owns in print.
• If you find your issue number in either the summary or the description of the record the library does own the article in print.