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Career Counseling: I have a citation to an article, now what do I do?

A guide to Reese Library resources for students studying career counseling.

Don't I Just Click on the Link?

Can I download  the article I need? Is it on the shelves in the library? How do I get it?

 

Here's what you need to know about obtaining the articles you find in GALILEO:

  •  If you find a citation to any article you want in Google, or another search engine, follow the instructions on this handout for retrieving the article. If you find yourself at a publisher's website which asks you for a credit card number in order to download an article, DON'T DO IT.
  • You have thousands of journals available to you in full text at no additional charge to you, and hundreds more available through the Library's print subscriptions. If we don't have an article you need in the Library, we can very often get it for you. So, don't stop here. Keep reading:

 

 Step 1. Electronic subscriptions 

 This is the fastest way to get a previously identified article, so start here first.

  1. Check for full-text holdings in electronic format in the E-Journals A-Z list. Just type in the title of the journal, or copy it from your search results, and paste it into the search box. Select ‘Title Name’ as your search type, and click Search.

  2. Once you have matched the issue date that you need with the electronic holdings in the E-journals list, you can find that issue electronically and download/print the article you need. 

  3. When you have a citation to a specific article, you have all the information you need to find that article electronically. If you can't find the journal you need, or the year you need, in the E-journals list, search for the journal in the library catalog (GILFind), to see if we have a print subscription.

 

 

Print Subscriptions

For print subscriptions (the journals, magazines, and newspapers that we keep in hard copy on the second floor), check for library holdings in the library catalog (GILFind).

 

  1. Click on the down arrow next to the search box, and select ‘journal title’. Either type in the title of the journal, or copy it from your search results, and paste it into the search box. If we subscribe in print, even if we only have a few volumes, there will be a record in GILFind that will tell you the most recently received issue, as well as how far back our holdings for this title go. 

  2. Once you have matched the issue date you need with our holdings in the catalog, you can find the article in the periodicals stacks on the second floor. Journals are shelved in alphabetical order by the title of the journal, then by volume number and/or date. 

  3. Newest issues are on the JSAC Breezeway side of the second floor; bound volumes are on the University Hall side.

  4. When you have a citation to a specific article, you have all the information you need to find that article in the Library. If the Library doesn't subscribe in print to the journal you need, or doesn't have the year you need, search for it in the E-journals list.