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This guide will help MSU students get started with research using the MSU Library resources.

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Finding Full Text

The full text of many articles is available through our databases.  If the full text of a specific article doesn't seem to be linked directly from the database, here are your other options for getting the full text.

 

Use Check MSU Availability within a database.  If the article is in a journal to which we subscribe, you will either be linked right to that article (electronic access) or be linked into the library catalog to get a call number so you can find the journal in the library (print access).  If we don't subscribe to the journal, you will find a link to request it through interlibrary loan and we will get a copy from another library for you.

If you have a citation for which you are trying to find full text, use the Journals by Title list to look for the journal by title.  The Journa List is a list of all our periodical holdings, both electronic and print.  If we subscribe, the Journals by Title list is a quick way to find that out. If we do have the journal, you will be linked to electronic access or to the catalog to get a call number.  The Journal by Title list can be found on the library's home page in the FIND area.

If the library does not subscribe to a journal, you can request your article through Interlibrary Loan (under REQUEST on the library home page) and we will get a copy for you from another library.  You log in to login to Interlibrary Loan using your NetID & password. 

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