Finding the Periodical That Has Your Article

 

journals

You are now locating your article inside a certain volume and issue of the periodical.  By taking down the entire citation, you will save yourself time as you need to know what volume number or year the article came out.  Also, take down the page number where the article begins.  Once you find the particular issue, all you have to do is turn to the page.

 
Journal of Anthropolical Science Web screen with volume listings for free full text When the journal is online in another database or on the Public World Wide Web*, you will also want to have the complete citation in front of you.  Sometimes you will need to enter the title of the article into a search form, but most often, you will be browsing the online journal by volume number and year.  So do yourself a favor and have a copy of the citation in front of you, because once you find the journal, you will need this information.  
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