If I have a citation, how do I find the article?
Answer
This can be tricky. We'll go over a couple of ways to find an article. As an example, we'll use this citation:
To start, we need to find the title of the article. This is usually after the year and will not be in italics if it's following APA style:
Once we find that, we can search by entering the entire title in the MinerQuest search box on the Library's homepage.
In MinerQuest, this title is the first one listed. We also see that the rest of the information such as authors, year, journal title, volume, and issue also match the citation:
You can access this title through the UTEP Library by clicking on the green "Available Online" link.
It's great that we were able to find it in the UTEP Library, but suppose it wasn't available. If you cannot find the article in MinerQuest or if there are no access links, we can try searching in Google Scholar. We'll also type the title into the search box and see our results:
We want to make sure that our result also matches the citation we have. If there is access to the article, the links will appear on the right-hand side of the title. This one has access via www.nih.gov.
Lastly, if you can't find the article using the title in either MinerQuest or Google Scholar, please feel free to reach out to a librarian. We can see if there is another way to access the source or if we need to request it through our InterLibrary Loan process.
For more information, please contact the Access Services Desk at ask@utep.libanswers.com or call us at (915) 747-5672