Thursday, April 14, 2005

eJournal Tip

Sometimes you may be given a link to an article, but when you click the link for some reason or other you cannot access the article. It may be that you are asked for a password. It may be that the link is not working. It could be any number of things.

Let me tell you how to get to that article despite the road blocks!

On the Nursing Library's webpage there is a link to Journals. Click that link and there is a heading "Electronic Journals". When you click that you get a search box that gives you the option to enter the name of the journal. Enter the name of the journal that you have been given. Click search, and you will get a link to that journal. Now all you have to do is drill down to the year ... volume ... issue ... page. You should have found that article that was eluding you before.

If you find that there is no electronic journal, maybe we will have it in the paper collection. In that case, go to Orbis (Yale's online catalog) and look for the journal there. The electronic record will tell you which volumes and issues Yale carries, and were they are located.

And if Yale doesn't carry the journal, we can easily get it for you via interlibrary loan. If you need help with this please ask.