Research Guides: How to Use the Library: Working with Journals / Searching for Articles

Finding a Journal / Article

Use the Library's Journals page to

search for a journal title to see whether you can access the journal from the library (and what years of the journal's publication you can use) -- type the journal title in the search box and click the search button
see a list of all available e-journals in a subject area.

If you have a full citation for an article, you can use Journal Finder to find it through the library by typing the journal title in the search box and then searching for the article or looking for the specific issue:

Search for Title: On the results page, there will be a search box below the journal title that will let you "search within publication." If you have an article title you are looking for in the journal, you can put it in that search box.
Search by Citation:
- On the results page, you will see the words "full text access" with one or more database links below the search box. Each database gives the years of coverage the library provides for that journal.
- You can click on the link of a database which includes the year of the article you are looking for to drill down by year / volume / issue to find an article using the citation.

For information on how to use the Library's journals page, see the video in the "Video: Searching for Journals / Articles" in the video tutorial box, below.

The Library subscribes to a service called LibKey which lets you use a browser plugin to search for content directly on a journal's website. With the LibKey Nomad browser extension, the journal will recognize your affiliation with Franklin University and permit you to access content which the Franklin University Library subscribes to through the library's databases.

LibKey also provides a DOI search, so you can search for an article if you know the article's DOI.

For additional information about using both LibKey Nomad and LibKey DOI search, see the Library's LibKey Research Guide.

Another way you can find articles in the library's databases is through Google Scholar. To customize Google Scholar, find Franklin University in the settings by searching in the Library Links area. You can also add OhioLINK to your preferences. You will still need to log in to access e-books and databases when off-campus. For more information, see the video on using Google Scholar in the Video Tutorials box, below, or our Google Scholar research guide.

If you weren't able to find your article using either of these methods, it is possible that the library does not have access to this article. If this is a class article that you believe we should have access to, please contact the library for help.

If this is an article that you wanted to use for an assignment, we may still be able to get you access through our InterLibrary Loan service. See our page explaining how to request an article through interlibrary loan for more information.

Request an Article through Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
If you need to access an article which is not available through the Franklin University Library, we can try to get you a digital copy from another library. This is known as Interlibrary Loan (or ILL). This page explains how to place an ILL request.

Journal Alerts in an EBSCO Database

Use Journal Finder to search for journals that you would like to create alerts for. The slides below will show you how to set up alerts in any EBSCO database.

Search Multiple Journals in an EBSCO Database

The slide below will show you how to search multiple journals within an EBSCO database. Select an EBSCO database from the library's Databases page.