Find Articles in a Journal/Magazine/Newspaper

Finding articles is usually a two step process:

1. Use a database to identify an article.

• Choose a broad subject area that includes your topic.
• Select one of the databases for this subject area.  To do this, go to the Subject Guides  page.
• Do a search on your topic.
• Click on the Find It button   to see if the article you want is available full text online.
• Learn more about the Find it button.  Download pdf guide.

2. Journal and magazine articles are not all available online.  If you do not see a link to full text when you click on the Find It button, click on the link for library catalog to see if the library owns the journal, magazine or newspaper.

• If information is displayed for the journal, magazine or newspaper that contains your article, note the call number and location of the journal, magazine or newspaper. Check to see if Falvey has the year in which your article appears.

  • If the year you need is listed as a MOST RECENTLY RECEIVED ISSUE, go to periodical shelving, located at the back of the 1st floor, and look for your issue by call number on the current issues shelf.
  • If the year you need is listed as an OLDER ISSUE, go to the Circulation desk, and ask for a request slip to fill out for your volume. The staff will then retrieve the issue for you.

• If, when you click on the VUCat link, you see the message "Your search resulted in no hits!" then the library does not own the journal, magazine or newspaper that you need.  You may request a copy of the article from another library through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
  • Go to the ILL Request Form.
• If you need help determining whether or not the library owns the issue you need and where it is located, ask the Research Support Department.

• Be sure to cite your articles properly in the Reference List or Works Cited section of your paper. To do this, go to the Guide to Citation Styles, such as MLA & APA