Research Tip: Does TCU have this Journal or Article?

To find out whether TCU has the full text to a particular article, you have to start with the name of the journal, magazine, or newspaper.  Take the following steps (double click on images to see larger view):

1. In the TCU catalog, type the name of the journal/mag./newspaper into the search box and select “Journal/Serial name begins with…” in the drop down box.

Journal/Magazine/Newspaper search in Library Catalog

2.  Your search will take you into an alphabetical listing of TCU’s journals/mag./newspapers.  Do not fear the alphabetical listing!    Click on the link to your journal/mag./newspaper.  If no link with your title appears, we don’t have full-text access to that particular title.

Alphabetical Listing of Journal/Mag./Newspaper Links

3. The next screen will show you which databases have full-text to that journal and whether we have a physical copy in the library.  Pay attention to the date ranges listed next to the database name!  Your particular article has to fall within those date ranges in order to access full-text.

If the library has a physical copy, you will need to write down the call #.  Our journals & magazines are organized by call number (not alphabetically).  Also, bound journals (older journal copies that have been bound together in a book) have the same call # as the current issues, but are in a  different location.  Click the location link to see a map of where it is located.

Screen showing Journal/Mag/Newspaper locations

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