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ENG 3530 - Young Adult Literature: Finding Sources

Course guide for ENG 3530 Young Adult Literature.

Find Articles: Best Bets

Reference

Articles: finding the full text of an article when you have the citation

How would you find the full text for the following citation?  This happens most frequently when you look in the footnotes or bibliography of an article--this is a great way to find other sources on your topic as well.

Cole, Richard. "When Gods Become Bureaucrats." Harvard Theological Review 113, no. 2 (April 8, 2020): 186-209.

  1. Go to the library home page.
  2. Using quotation marks, type your article title ("When Gods Become Bureaucrats."in the box. Do not type your journal title in the box.
  3. If Wright State University owns the access rights to the article you will see a direct link to the pdf.  You might also see a yellow  "Find It" button below the title.  When viewing the bibliographic record the "Find It" button may be on the left side of the page.  If Wright State University owns the rights in another subscription database there will be a link in the pop-up window to the full-full text
  4. If Wright State University does not own access rights to the article you want, you will be presented with an Interlibrary Loan option as the last link.  Please take advantage of this option for your research needs.

Books

If you need to search for books, there are three options at your disposal: the University Libraries, OhioLINK and WorldCAT catalogs.  If you're having trouble finding a book's availability, be sure to contact me.

You find books in catalogs or databases. You can begin with the Wright State catalog. If you're having trouble finding books on your topic in the Wright State University catalog, try using the OhioLINK catalog. If you're searching in the OhioLINK catalog, remember to look under Library Holdings to see if Wright State owns the book before you request it.

You can also find books in a database called WorldCat. WorldCat has all the stuff--books, journals, archives, sound recordings and more!--from most university libraries in the US and others around the world. If you're looking for a book, be sure to put a check here:
worldcat books


When you get your list of results, check to see if the book is in the Wright State library (the green symbol will be there); if you want to see if it's in OhioLINK or if you can request it via Interlibrary Loan, click the "Find It" link.

worldcat request

You will see your options here (click the Find It! button to see if it's in OhioLINK):
worldcat options

Database Search Strategies

Boolean Operators

Use Boolean Operators as a way to narrow or broaden your search:

AND: use to combine different concepts or keywords; each result will contain all search terms

Example: race AND libraries

OR: use to connect similar concepts or keywords; each result will contain at least one of the search terms

Example: medicine OR health

NOT: use to exclude words or concepts; tells the database to ignore concepts implied by your search

Example: technology NOT database

Parentheses ( ): place around related terms to search for more than one group of keywords

Example: (teaching OR education) AND race

 Asterisk *: use at the end of a keyword to search words that start with the same letters

Example: education AND librar*

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