Find a specific magazine, journal, newspaper, or article
To locate an article in print format, in addition to the article title and author, you must
have the following pieces of information:
- Name of Journal
- Volume and issue number
- Date of publication
- Pages of the article
An article citation from a database or another article should include this information.
Example:
Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 294(1) 2004, p. 16-45.
Print Journals
- Enter the
Online Library
Catalog.
- Enter the title of the magazine, journal, or newspaper in the
Search for box.(New York Times,
Journal of the American Medical Association, etc.
- Select "Start of journal/magazine title" in the
Search by box.
- Click the
Search box.
- From the results click on the magazine, journal, or newspaper title.
- Note the following information in the bottom section of the results screen: Location,
Call Number, and Library Has (Volumes).
If the above search is not successful try the following:
- Select the
Advanced Search tab.
- Enter known words from the title of the magazine, journal, or newspaper in the
Search for box.
- Select "title words" in the
Search by box.
For example, a search of "American society information" as "title words" brings up results
including
The Journal of the American Society for Information Science.
- Click the
Search box.
- From the results click on the magazine, journal, or newspaper title.
- Note the following information in the bottom section of the results screen: Location,
Call Number, and Library Has (Volumes).