Find Articles

  1. Choose a database.
  2. To find the databases recommended for your topic, see the Research Guides or Program Guides page for your discipline.
  3. Search the database for your keywords.  Boolean searching (using AND, OR and NOT) is the default setting for most databases.
  4. Look for direct links to the full text, or click on the “Get It @ Western” button for more options.
  5. If these links to the full text fail, search by the Journal Title in the Library Catalogue. There you may find alternate links to the full text.
  6. If the journal, including the volume and issue you require, is available only in hard copy, find the library where the journal subscription is held.
  7. If the journal is not owned by Western Libraries or any of its Affiliated University College Libraries (Brescia, Huron, King's and St. Peter's Seminary), use RACER to order the article from another library.

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Do a quick search using Summon.

FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE

Come to the Research Help desk or contact library staff.