What if Full Text is Not Available?

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So let's say that you come across a promising citation and after reviewing the abstract, you have decided that you MUST get this article.  It would suit your research paper nicely.  But below the abstract, you do not see the text of the article, or a link to a PDF version.  What do you do?

The first thing you should do is write down on a note card or piece of paper the citation (you can also Email or print the record).  You are now going to find the citation by searching for the Source, the periodical (magazine, journal, or newspaper), that contains the article you are seeking.  When you search for the Source, you will be searching by its title.  You will NOT be searching by the title of the article or its author.  You will be looking for that article in the appropriate volume (or year) and issue of that source.

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