Finding the Full Text of Articles

Full text (access to the resource) is indicated in a database by the following icons and links.

Find these

• Below the article on the results page
• Below the citation or to the left on the article record page.
• Or in some databases, such as Science Direct, there will be a "View PDF" or "Download" button, usually at the top.

Icon/Link	Description
	If the full text is available, its record in the Catalog, will have View Full Text. If that link gives an error, try the alternate links.
	In PDF Format
	In HTML text
	In PDF and Online Full text (usually HTML)
	Clicking will take you to PDF or HTML retrieved from another database or site.
	In the ERIC database only, links you to articles available at eric.ed.gov, if available.
	Links to articles in the JSTOR database.
Get it @ Rider University Library! (via our ONLINE or print subscriptions)	Clicking will take you to the electronic version (streaming audio, video; PDF, HTML) or the library catalog, where you can see where to access the print version or direct subscription link to the publisher)
Available from... Get it from...	Links like this will bring you to the resource (streaming audio, video; PDF, HTML) in a different database or in an open-source scholarly repository on the web.

• If you DO NOT SEE one of the above links in the results screen of the full citation, we most likely DO NOT have immediate access to the journal.  Check with a librarian to be sure!
• You can also take the title and search Google Scholar to see if it's freely available as an open access title.

• Otherwise, we can get the item through Interlibrary Loan (see image below).

Icon/Link Description	When you click "Request this title from another library (ILL!)", you are linked to a form that is pre-filled out with all the information you need to give us. The only thing you need to fill out is the date you need it by and also double-check your email address. We will get the article from another library and email it to you.
	When you search for Open Access, we search to see if the article happens to be freely available.  If it is not available, then, "Request this title from another library (ILL)!" as explained above.