Challenge 3: "I can't find the full text or I hit a paywall."
Strategies - no full text:
Library databases are useful research tools, because they include a mix of full text sources we can read immediately AND sources for which there is only a title and an abstract (overview of the source).
- The library One Search defaults to full text only. You can click the box to include sources that are not full text, and then borrow not full text items through InterLibrary Loan.
- Library databases, on the other hand, have a mix of full text and no full text. If you want to find only full text sources, check the box that says "full text only."
- If you do not find full text of a source that sounds useful in one database, however, click on the button that offers to "check for full text at GRC." IF WE HAVE THE ARTICLE/ SOURCE IN ANOTHER DATABASE, IT WILL LINK TO IT AND OPEN.
- If we don't have the full text at GRC but it sounds useful to you, you may borrow the item for free with InterLibrary Loan.
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Strategies - paywalls:
If you search for sources on the Web, you may hit a publication paywall and be asked to pay to see the full text.
- First, check Holman Library to see if we have the source in our collection. You can read it for free there.
- If we do not have the source, you may try to request it for free through InterLibrary Loan. Use the link below.