Finding Journal Articles

Using Forsyth Library Databases

www.fhsu.edu/library

Use the links in the center

column to find or borrow

resources, get help, and

find out more about

Forsyth Library.

You can use the search box to search for articles and more,

across many of the library’s databases and other collections

For example, searching “Everything” for rural single parents yields articles from newspapers as well as

peer-reviewed journals, and also books, videos, and other types of sources.

You can limit your results using the links on the left or across the top of the results.

You can also limit your results by selecting Articles in the drop down menu

To find peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles that are available online,

click Full-Text Online and Peer-Reviewed Journals:

To find the article link, click “View It”. Then click on the name of the database to bring up the article.

There will usually be an abstract, with

links to the complete article in PDF or

HTML format.

You can also find articles by searching a database directly.

Click on Articles & Databases on the library’s homepage to see an alphabetical list of databases. Click the

database title to search it. You may be prompted to sign in with your TigerTracks.

A general database like

Academic Search Premier is a good place to start for

many topics.

To find the best database for your topic, consult our Research Guides. If you’re unsure which one to

choose, think about what class the assignment is for, or what the broad topic is. For example, our

topic of rural single parents could fall under Sociology.

The tabs along the left

are pages that tell you

how to find different

resource types on this

topic, such as articles,

books, & websites.

You can also find out

how to cite your sources,

borrow items from other

libraries through

Interlibrary Loan, and

more.

Sometimes there are

pages made for specific

courses.

The contact information for

the librarian who created the

guide is available—feel free

to contact him or her for

help

Select the Finding Articles and

Databases page of the guide to see a

list of links to the best databases for

this topic.

Databases have different search

interfaces, but most will have these

features:

Advanced search, which allows you to

enter several terms connected by AND,

OR, or NOT

Ability to limit to

• “full-text”, i.e., articles to which you

have complete access

• Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed articles

• By Date

If the complete article is available, there will be a link to it under the citation. Choose PDF format when

possible because it will contain page numbers you need for your reference list, as well as graphs or other

illustrations that may not be present in the HTML version.

If the article is not available in the database you are searching, it may be available in another database.

Click “Find it at Forsyth” to find out:

If it is found, there will be a “View It”

tab containing the link to the article.

Sometimes this link erroneously leads to a “not found” page.

If this happens, try searching for the title of the article on that page:

If the article is not found using Find it at Forsyth, we can often get it for you from another library. You can

make this request online using the Interlibrary Loan link on the library’s homepage. Articles can usually be

obtained in electronic format and posted to your Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) account online.

Questions about Interlibrary Loan? Call 785-628-5837 or email iloan@fhsu.edu

If you aren’t having any luck finding articles on your topic, there are several ways to get help.

You can use our online

chat service, or check out

our User Q & A

Or Ask a Librarian! Contact information for Librarians is available on the Ask a Librarian Research Guide:

http://fhsuguides.fhsu.edu/ask-a-librarian

Ask Us!

We’ll be

happy

to help

you