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Personal Librarian

Detailed description of the personal librarian program and useful links to information.

Finding an article using a citation

Searching for a specific article?

Start on the library's home page. Enter the title of the article you are searching for. Do not put in the full citation.

Screen capture of Evans Library homepage

Click Search. If you are off-campus, you should see the below gray bar. Click on Welcome Guest, then use your TRACKS account to sign in for full access.

Screen Capture of welcome guest, sign in for complete access

Once signed in look over your result list. The article you searched for is usually in the top few results. If not, you may need to adjust your search.

On your result list, you will see a drop-down showing Access options. The options will vary based on the database in which the article is available.

Full-Text Finder result example:

Screen Capture of Full Text Finder results

When the result takes you into a database to view your article. You may have to look around the page for the link for the Full-Text options, as they may be in different parts of the page. Typically, they are near the Title but may be above, below, to the right, or left. Here are a couple of examples: