Upward Bound- History: How to Get the Full Text

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Introduction to Online Databases  (2:00)  

Search Strategies for  Finding Articles  (3:50)  

Finding Full-Text Articles  (2:46)  

The Different Types of Articles (Magazines, Journals and Newspapers)  (4:40)  

Scholarly Articles  (3:09)

• When you want the full-text (an entire copy) of an article, you must look for a PDF link.
• Notice that the first three items in the list are available in full-text, as indicated by the PDF links inside the circles
• Not all articles are available in full-text
• Notice the fourth article in the list below; there is no PDF icon

• Just because you can't find a PDF link for an article doesn't mean you should give up
• Check to see if it's available in another database by clicking the link next to the UTEP icon, pictured below inside the circle

• Pictured below is the WebBridge
• It searches UTEP's other databases to see if the article is available in full text elsewhere.
• In this case, the article is available in another database (inside the circle)
• Click the link to the database to be taken to the article there

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