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Finding full-text journal articles

There are several ways to find full-text articles available through TU Dublin Library's subscriptions: 

How to find a Journal Article from a Citation

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How to find a Journal Article from a Citation

In this demo, we will look at how you can find a journal article from a journal article citation.

Example of a journal article citation

Journal article citation

Here is an example of a journal article citation. 

Journal article citation break down

Journal article citation break down

This citation consists of several important pieces of information, including: article author(s), year of publication, article title, journal title, volume number (issue number), page range.

Journal article citation with article title singled out

Journal article title

We are going to use the journal article title to find the full-text version of this article through TU Dublin Library's Search All. 

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Search All

Locate the search box on the Library website homepage. This is Search All, which searches across most of the library's resources.

Screenshot of Search All with journal article title entered in the search field

Search All

Enter the journal article title into the Search All search box and press enter.

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Search All results page

Explore the results to locate the journal article. In this case, it is the first entry in the list of results. Compare the title and other details, such as author(s), journal title, year of publication and volume and issue number to be sure it is the correct journal article. 

Finding journal articles using Google scholar

If you are using Google Scholar to locate journal articles, make sure you configure the Library Links in the settings to Technological University Dublin, Find@TUdublin. When you search, this will link to full-text articles covered by TU Dublin Library's subscriptions.

Watch this short video on setting up Google Scholar to search for full-text articles available through TU Dublin Library. 

Open Access journal articles

Open access journal articles are journal articles that have been made freely available online by the author(s) and / or publishers. There are many open access journals available online while many publishers provide open access versions of journal articles. 

To locate open access versions of journal articles, try installing the following extensions or bookmarkelts in your browser:

Or try the CORE Discovery tool for open access versions of the article.

The Directory of Open Access Journals is an index of diverse open access journals from around the world.

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