Search ASU Library FAQs

Here are a couple of things that may help identify information to help fulfill your request:

• Review the source of your citation for additional information, such as: alternative journal titles and/or updated ISSN
• Do a search on the internet for article title that may provide a citation.
• Do a search on the internet for journal title (and alternative journal titles)
  • Occasionally material from older publications may be archived and available for download.

If those options don't help you discover useful information to fulfill your request here are a few things to try within our library systems:

•  Navigate to the library home page.
  • Near the center of the home page, choose one of the following options from the drop down list to the right of the large search bar:
    • One Search
      • Then type or paste the title of the article into the search bar. Click SEARCH.
      • If your article is not in the first few results, try a different method.
    • Google Scholar
      • Then type or paste the title of the article into the search bar. Click SEARCH.
      • If your article is not in the first few results, try a different method.
    • Journal Title
      • Then type or paste the name of the journal into the search bar. Click SEARCH.
      • Select the result, if any, for the online version of the journal.
      • If there is a link to the publisher's website, click down the list in the following order until you get to the Table of Contents at the Issue level:
        • Year
        • Volume
        • Issue
          • Look through the Table of Contents listing in page number order.
          • Note: The article you need may actually fall within the pages of a different article. This happens frequently with book reviews!!
          • Open the full text and look for the starting page of your article, just in case it is actually within another article!

If you need additional help, try our Ask a Librarian services!