LIBRARY INFORMATION HOW TO ACCESS FULL-TEXT ARTICLES Professor Paul Tremblay, or THIS PRESENTATION COVERS THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED INTO ACCESSING THE FULL ARTICLE OF CITATIONS RETRIEVED ON DATABASES SUCH AS PROQUEST, EBSCO, INFOTRAC, CSA, ERIC OR PSYCINFO

In a nutshell: once you have found a citation in a database, you will have 4 options to obtain the full-text of the article. Option 1: the article is available full- text right from the database you are searching from. Just click on the “Full-Text HTML” or “PDF” and you are all set. That’s it. No Option 2 or 3. You may save the article or it to yourself. Option 1: the article is available full- text right from the database you are searching from. Just click on the “Full-Text HTML” or “PDF” and you are all set. That’s it. No Option 2 or 3. You may save the article or it to yourself.

That was the very easy part… But… That was the very easy part… But… What if the full-text is not available from the database you are searching? What if the full-text is not available from the database you are searching?

Option 2: After you perform a search in most databases (including ProQuest, Ebsco, InfoTRAC, ERIC, CSA, etc) you will be provided with a list of citations (title of the article, all the way down to the page number); oftentimes you will have no direct access to the full-text. Indeed you have indirect access. Each citation is accompanied by this symbol

By clicking on “Article Linker”, you should access a software (Serials Solution) which will determine which, if any, database(s) carry the article in question. If found, Serials Solution opens a new window with either the article itself (in HTML or PDF) or a direct link to it.

You will encounter different levels of difficulties and hurdles, depending on the depository database ProQuest is usually the easiest. Ebsco will make you click a few times. Do not give up. Call us if you have a problem. ProQuest is usually the easiest. Ebsco will make you click a few times. Do not give up. Call us if you have a problem.

Print, , save… Most databases (CSA, ProQuest, Ebsco, InfoTrac…) provide you with the options to preserve, in one way or another, the citation and/or the full-text of the article. The companies have different interfaces and terminologies, but they are usually intuitive enough for you to figure out. Any problems, contact me. Most databases (CSA, ProQuest, Ebsco, InfoTrac…) provide you with the options to preserve, in one way or another, the citation and/or the full-text of the article. The companies have different interfaces and terminologies, but they are usually intuitive enough for you to figure out. Any problems, contact me.

Option 3: There is a possibility that the article you wish to obtain is not available full-text online but only in print somewhere in a LIU campus library; in which case, after you clicked on “Article Linker”, this window should open with this message

Click on “Journal” to access our library online catalog.

Once in our catalog, the name and ISSN of the journal will be listed (usually #3). Click on the ISSN.

Here the catalog informs you that the journal is available in print at our Post campus. You may go to the campus or you may perform an ILL request (we will discuss this in the next section)

Option 4: You decided to ILL the document from Brooklyn or Post. Or… should all of the above options fail… That is, we do NOT own the article online or in print. The message should read like this:

You have to obtain the journal article from our Interlibrary Loan Dept. Go to the Brooklyn Library homepage

On the left hand side, click on Interlibrary Loan

Welcome to the ILL page For a faster service, set up an account on ILLiad For a faster service, set up an account on ILLiad Please note: ILLiad deals with both books and journal articles. However we strongly recommend Westchester students, staff and faculty to use ILLiad for journal articles exclusively. In a few slide, we will explain how to request books. Please note: ILLiad deals with both books and journal articles. However we strongly recommend Westchester students, staff and faculty to use ILLiad for journal articles exclusively. In a few slide, we will explain how to request books.

Click on the ILLiad icon in the middle of the page; you should access this page:

In order to create an account, click on “First Time Users”

Read the text of the next page, please, then click on “First Time Users Click Here” icon located on the lower left corner of the page.

Set up your account. BTW, it’s free! And it will be the last time you have to input your personal information within ILLiad.

The next time you log on to ILLiad, just type in your Username/Password and there you go. The next page should look like this:

To request a periodical article, click on “Request a Photocopy”

Fill in the blanks… Well, you know the procedures… The title of the journal, the title of the article, issue number, and so on… Then “Submit Request”

Done! Now what will happen?

In a nutshell we’ll obtain the article for you, whether from another LIU campus or from another library system. Just log on ILLiad from time to time and, on the Main Menu of your account, click on View/Download Electronically Received Articles. In a nutshell we’ll obtain the article for you, whether from another LIU campus or from another library system. Just log on ILLiad from time to time and, on the Main Menu of your account, click on View/Download Electronically Received Articles.

You should view a page similar to this one:

Click on the Transaction Number, et voila… Once the PDF text appears, you may save it, print it… Once the PDF text appears, you may save it, print it… You’re all set You’re all set The document should be available for 30 days only, so, to repeat myself, open your ILLiad account once or twice a week. The document should be available for 30 days only, so, to repeat myself, open your ILLiad account once or twice a week.

That was for periodical articles… For books, please adhere to the following procedures That was for periodical articles… For books, please adhere to the following procedures

You will also have to obtain the book from our Interlibrary Loan Dept. Go to the Brooklyn Library homepage, click on “Westchester”, then click on “Book Request”. WARNING! Do NOT click on the “Inter Library Loan” icon!!

On the “Book Request” page for Westchester, do not forget to input your library barcode (located on the back of your LIU ID card); provide us with as much information as you possibly can. Note: We will attempt to obtain the book for you, we already own this book or not.

What happens next? Once we obtained the material for you, we will call you to notify you that the book is on its way to the Westchester Campus. You will pick it up at the Reception Desk. Should you encounter any problem, please contact me at or Once we obtained the material for you, we will call you to notify you that the book is on its way to the Westchester Campus. You will pick it up at the Reception Desk. Should you encounter any problem, please contact me at or