You have a citation for an article and want to find the full text.
Huston, James L. "Property Rights in Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War." Journal of Southern History 65.3 (May 1999): 249-86.
There are two methods for finding the full text of an article.
METHOD 1: Use the Find an Article from a Citation form
www.lib.utexas.edu > Research Tools > Find Articles Using Databases
Step 1: Fill in as much information about the article as possible to generate a menu of full-text access options.
Step 2: If the article is available online, a number of things may happen after you click “Find it @ UT”:
In this example, you’re taken directly to the article in the JSTOR database.
Note: If the article is not available online, it may be available in print.
Under “Print,” click “UT Library Catalog” to search for the journal in print in the Libraries. See below for more information about finding print journals in the Libraries.
METHOD 2: Search the Library Catalog for the title of the journal
www.lib.utexas.edu > Research Tools > Library Catalog
Step 1: Choose the Journal Title search and type in the title of your journal in the first box.
Step 2: The Catalog will indicate if we own the journal in print and will provide a “Find It @ UT” button that can be used to check for online access. (If you don’t get any results, see Step 6 below).
Step 3: Click the “Find It @ UT” button to open a menu of online Full Text Options. (If online access isn’t available, the menu will display “No online full text is available for this resource.”) This menu lists the library databases that contain the journal. Confirm that the year and volume of the article you want is covered in the database.
Step 4: If the article is not available online, see if it is available in print.
Click on the title of the journal to open the full record. Scroll down to see a list of all the volumes and issues we have. You can jump directly to the volume you want by typing the number into the search box. In our example, we are looking for volume 65.
Step 5: Use the call number to locate the volume on the shelf.
We want volume 65, issue 2, which is available at F 206 J68. (To find out where this call number is located in the library, check the library floorplans.)
Step 6:
If your search yields no results, or if the title only appears to be available in print, search for the journal title in the second box on the Catalog’s Journal Title search page. This also checks for online journal access.
If you’re unable to find the article online or in print through the Library Catalog, consider requesting it through Interlibrary Services.
