Locating an article

Locating an Article

Sample Citation from an Online database

The result of searching an article can be a full text or a citation.

A citation includes the information needed to identify a specific article: the author of the article, the title of the article, the name of the magazine or journal, volume and issue numbers, date of publication and page numbers.The citation will often contain an abstract of the article as well. The abstract is a brief description of the article content.

A periodical article citation consists of:

Author of the article
Title of the article
Title(Name)of the periodical
Volume and/or issue numbers
Date of publication
Page number(s)

A newspaper article citation (from a print index) consists of:

Brief description of the content of the article
Month and day
Page
Date

	Sample Citation

Finding Article

After locating the citation, use MaagNet or OhioLINK to determine if the library owns the journal in print or has online access. Be sure to search using the title of the journal or newspaper, not the author and title of the article. If Maag Library does not own the journal in print or it is not available electronically, you may request a copy through InterLibrary Loan .

If you have difficulty locating the article, Ask a Librarian for assistance.