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Research Process: Find Full Text!

Break your topic into keyterms; map terms to subject headings; use AND/OR to combine searches. Learn the difference between peer reviewed & scholarly sources.

Don't limit to full text!

Limiting your search to full text means you might miss some great articles! Even if there is no full text in one database, you can find the article elsewhere.

Follow the steps in the boxes below to learn how.

1. Getting the Full Text of an Article at Adler

You'll often see a link to Full Text in the databases. 

If there is no PDF nor a link to Full Text, note what type of resource you found.

Click 360 Link Check for Full Text

Ensure you have pop ups allowed. This will take you into the Catalog to search for the specific citation.

Click Full Text Online, which will take you to the full text of the article through one of our databases.

Getting full text from interlibrary loan (ILLIad)

If the Catalog shows that we do not have access to that article, you may request it via ILLiad. To learn more about using ILLiad, see the guide below.