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The
good news:
Through UGA Libraries and GALILEO, you have access to the full text
online of thousands of journals. This means you can pull up the
entire article on your computer.
The
less good news:
Finding the full text of an article can be easy, but sometimes it's
more complicated.
It may be in:
- the GALILEO@UGA
database you are in
- another GALILEO@UGA
database
- somewhere
else, e.g. a publisher's web site
People often think you can get the full text of journal articles
on the Web by using a search engine such as Google. This is very
unlikely, since full-text articles usually have to be paid for.
We pay for the databases to give you access to the articles.
Not
all articles are available online in full text. There are relatively
few older articles online, i.e. published more than 15 or 20 years
ago. [How to get the full text in print.]
How
to find the full text:
1.
If there is an icon for full text in your results list,
click on it:
2. If there
is a link to full text in another database, click on it.
You will then see your article listed, and if you click on the title,
you will get to the full text in the other database.
3. If
you do not find any links to full text, use the Electronic
Journal Locator. The Electronic Journal Locator will tell
you if we own a journal online anywhere. [Show
me... ]
4.
If we do not
have access to the journal online, see if we have it in print:
- If there
is a link that says 'display locations', 'check holdings', or
'link to holdings', click on it to open up the Libraries catalog,
GIL. It will search automatically for the journal you need and
tell you if we own it in print. [Show
me... ]
[See also: Finding
the Full Text in Print.]
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