Finding Articles
Journal articles are important in your research. You should use periodical indexes to identify current journal and newspaper articles published in the professional and scholarly literature on topics relevant to your research project. Indexes can be subject-specific for in-depth research or can be more general in nature.
Current journal indexes are online, although a few older ones are in print. All indexes provide a citation, many provide an abstract, and a few provide the full text of the article. If the article is not available in full text, you must use the journal titles list to find out if McFarlin Library subscribes to the journal that published the article you need. If McFarlin subscribes to the journal, note the location and format of the periodical. Back issues of periodicals might be found as a hard copy, on microfilm, or online. If McFarlin Library does not subscribe to the journal you need, you may request it through interlibrary loan.
To find articles in business, search the following electronic indexes:
Google Scholar is a version of the Google search engine that searches the web for scholarly publications (primarily articles and books).
Important note: Articles found through Google Scholar are not guaranteed to be peer-reviewed. Additionally, Google Scholar cannot access proprietary databases such as those in EBSCOhost.
Google provides links to the articles it finds, usually on the publisher's website. You will be able to access the full text of the article if:
You may not be able to access the full text through Scholar if:
Library Links
McFarlin participates in Google Scholar's "Library Links" feature which should link you to the full text of an article (if the library subscribes or has access through another database) or to the availability of a book at the library.
This works automatically if you're on campus.
To use this feature off campus you'll need to set up your Scholar preferences.
Here are some Google Scholar search tips.
