FOL 3880 Research Resources Toolkit
Amanda Roberts, Instruction Librarian
http://www.fau.edu/library/
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR OFF-CAMPUS USERS:
E-Z Proxy

Books: To search for books, use the library catalog.

• Library of Congresss classification outline
• Catalog basic search
• Catalog advanced search: use for combining keywords or LC subject headings

Articles: To search for articles, choose an index/database. Helpful indexes/databases:

• MLA International Bibliography (or this version of the MLAIB)
• WorldCat
• JSTOR
• Francis
  
• Linguisitics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• More Arts & Humanities databases

TIPS, HINTS & SHORTCUTS

What is all about?

When searching in one of the FAU Libraries electronic resources, provides direct links from a citation in one database to the full text of that article (when available) in another FAU Libraries database.

The direct link may take you to the full text article within an electronic journal or an electronic book.  will also link you to the FAU Libraries catalog (WebLUIS) so that you can check to see if FAU owns the item.  If we don't and the full-text is not available online, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad).

Have an article citation and need to find the "full-text"?

***IMPORTANT: Write down the complete citation (article title, journal title, year of publication, author of article, page number(s).*****

• Go to the Electronic collection page. Look for the empty box next to "Title begins with."
• Type in the name of the JOURNAL (not the article) into the box and click the "search" button. If the journal title appears alone or in a list, look for the data ranges next to the journal title.
• Does the year of publication of your citation fall within the date ranges? If so, click the blue database name to browse by journal volume number for your article.
• Sometimes you will be prompted with a search box instead. Type the name of the article in the box and proceed with your search.

NOTE: If you have followed the steps above, and the citation's journal volume is not "full-text online," then check to see if we have the journal in print.

• Go to the library catalog.
• Highlight "Journal/Magazine Title" and type the name of the JOURNAL (not the article) into the box. Limit your Location to Boca Raton if you attend the Boca campus.
• Click the "Submit Search" button.
• If you see the name of the journal in blue, click "Library Has" to see if we have your specific volume number.
• If we do, write down the call number, locate the journal in the Boca campus library, and make a photocopy of the article.
• If we do not, order the article through InterLibrary Loan (ILLiad).

NOTE: If the article is neither in the library nor full-text online, please order the article through Interlibrary Loan.