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Answered By Library Staff Last Updated: Dec 17, 2024 Views: 136
If you are having trouble retrieving an article in the catalog or databases by title (perhaps the title differs online from the print publication or was cited incorrectly), or want to know what articles were published on a specific date within a publication, then read on below!
First, find the periodical (magazine/journal/newspaper) the article was published in by searching in the Discovery catalog OR by going to our title finder here (search under "Journal" for all serial types - some places use "journal" when they really should use the word "serial" or "periodical").
This video also explains how to get to coverage for a periodical:
Once you have the result, the periodical may show up in more than one database, and the coverage dates might differ depending on the database. Sometimes the database holds archival dates or only carries more current articles for the periodical. What's more, if you're needing recently-published articles, they might not even be indexed yet and therefore won't show up in our databases.
You can learn more about searching the Discovery catalog here.
Once you've chosen a database that hosts the periodical, select a date or expand the years to see more specific dates within that year. Depending on the database, it might be in a different area. Here is what this looks like in Ebsco databases:
Selecting a hyperlinked date will populate the articles published on that date within the database, allowing you to browse the articles associated with that date.
Keep in mind, sometimes the databases only offer indexing of articles, but not full-text. This means the database knows about what was published in that timeframe/date range, but doesn't offer access. You can then place an interlibrary loan for the material if you run into access issues.
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