How to Find Journals and Full-Text Articles

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How to Find Journals and Full-Text Articles

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The following presentation will help answer
commonly asked questions concerning using
journals.

• How do I search for articles on my research
  topic?
• How do I determine if OSU-Tulsa Library has the
• journal I need?
• What should I do if the Library does not have
  the journal I
• need?

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1. First decide on a possible research topic.

• Women Managers Entrepreneurs
• Drug Abuse Alcohol Intervention
• City Design Gifted Children
• Curriculum Design Nursing Burnout
• Global Markets School Violence
• Fire Prevention Aviation Safety
• Child Abuse Personality Development

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2. Consult a Database.

• The Library provides access to several journal
  databases that provide full-text articles or
  citations to articles on your topic. The
  database you should select depends on the subject
  you are researching.
• If you are researching entrepreneurs, you might
  consult ABI/Inform, Business Source Elite, or
  Factiva.
• If you are researching curriculum development,
  you might consult ERIC.
• If you are researching personality development,
  you might consult PsychInfo.

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3. Perform a Search.
Search for Entrepreneurs In ABI/INFORM
GLOBAL.
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Note the large number (3,6669) of Documents
Found.
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4. Refine your Search.
Refine your Search . . . Entrepreneurs AND
Women Last 12 Months.
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Note the smaller number (111) and more
focused Documents Found.
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5. Select an Article. The database search
will provide you with Full-Text Articles. Select
the articles that are relevant to your research
topic.Click on Text Graphics or Page Image -
PDF. Read the Abstract. Print out the full-text
article.Example of a Citation for a Full-Text
Article

• 50 MOST POWERFUL BLACK WOMEN IN BUSINESSCarolyn
  M Brown, Tennille M Robinson, Sonia Alleyne,
  Hyacinth B Carbon, Sheiresa McRae. Black
  Enterprise. New York Feb 2006. Vol. 36, Iss. 7
  p. 124 (13 pages)        TextGraphics  Page
  Image - PDF  Abstract

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Click here for the full-text article.
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Example of a full-text article.
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Print out the full-text article.
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6. Articles that are not full-text may link to
another database where they are
full-text.The computer database search may
provide you with a Citation and Abstract
only.Example of a Citation for a Non-Full-Text
Article

• The boys in the bubble Internet entrpreneurs and
  stock market valueWilliam Forbes. Omega. Oxford
  Oct 2006. Vol. 34, Iss. 5 p. 439         
   Abstract

Click on Article Linker to check
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Click on Article for the full-text
article. Note that the Article is available in
two different databases ScienceDirect and
Expanded Academic ASAP. Note that the OSU-Tulsa
Library may own the title in print or microfiche,
if it is not electronically available.
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Click Full-text with Graphics Or PDF for the
full-text article.
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7. Articles that are not full-text, available in
another database, or available in print or
microfiche will need to be ordered through
Illiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service. You
first need to know how to read a citation . .
. The developing personality throughout the life
span.   Sanders, Robert A Developmental
Psychology, Vol 23(2), Feb 1999. pp. 195 (2).
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HOW TO READ A CITATION

• TITLE OF ARTICLE
• The developing personality throughout the life
  span
• AUTHORS
• Robert A. Sanders
• TITLE OF JOURNAL
• Developmental Psychology
• DATE
• Feb 1999
• VOLUME
• v23
• ISSUE
• 2
• PAGES
• p195(2)

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8. Go to the OSU-Tulsa Library Webpage. Click
on Interlibrary Loan. Use your Okey Username
and Password and then fill out the profile to
get started.
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Click on Request an Article.
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Fill out the required fields.
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You will be notified when the article is
ready to be viewed.
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