Answered By: Allison McDermott
Last Updated: Oct 06, 2022     Views: 3547

There are several methods you can use to find an article with a citation. This brief tutorial can show you how:

Help! Need Article tutorial

Methods for locating your article

You can use the steps outlined in the examples below and apply them to the citation you have.

Here is an example citation:

Givati, A., & Rosenfeld, D. (2005). Separation between Cloud-Seeding and Air-Pollution Effects. Journal of Applied Meteorology44(9), 1298-1314.

Library OneSearch

1. Enter the title into the basic search box and select search. 

Library OneSearch box 

2. If that does not work and you have too many or no results, use the Advanced Search feature (available by selecting the link just below the basic search box). 

          yellow arrow pointing to advanced search.

3. In the first box, enter a few words from the title and change the drop-down menu to the right of that box to TI Title. In the second box, enter the last name of the author and change the drop-down menu to the right of that box to AU Author. Then select the Search button.

Title and Author article search

By Journal

When you are looking for a specific article, you can use the journal information provided in the citation to track down the article in the journal that published it.  

You will want to locate the journal title. This can be found in the italicized portion of the citation, in APA format. In the above example, the journal title is the Journal of Applied Meteorology.

1. Select the Journal Titles tab, found underneath the Library OneSearch box on the library homepage. You can then copy the journal title from your citation or type it into the search box.

Library OneSearch box and the buttons below with an arrow pointing to the "Journal Articles" button

2. You will then be brought to the search results page, where you will select the title of the journal. There will be either one or two options available to access articles published in the journal, depending on the journal. 

Yellow highlight over link to access the Journal of Applied Meterology

3. Once you have accessed the journal you will need to locate the article. You can do this by either searching for the article's title or locating the specific volume/issue of the journal in which the article is located. The volume/issue information is available within the citation. For this particular example, the volume is 44 and the issue is 9.

Finding my article

Some journals offer the option to Search within Publication. To use this option:

1. Copy and paste or type in part of the title of the article for which you are looking.

2. Select the magnifying glass next to the search box to run the search, and the article should be retrieved.

Yellow box around the search button to search within the Journal of Applied Meteorology

Embargo Restrictions

Sometimes journals in the collection will have embargo restrictions placed on them. These restrictions will prevent you from accessing the current year to 18 months of a publication. The link to the journal will state that there is a delay.

Reading Psychology journal with a delay of 15 months.

If the article that you wish to access falls within this embargo, you can always request the desired article through our interlibrary loan (ILL) system. Requests can take anywhere from 3 business days or longer so if you need the article sooner than that you may want to find an alternative source. Here are some resources to assist you with Creating an ILL Account and Putting in an ILL Request.   

If you still have questions you can chat in real-time with a librarian here.

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