Periodical Research Flowchart


Periodical Research Flowchart

 

Is the article FULL-TEXT?

YES

NO

Print or e-mail the article

Note the citation information of the article & check the holdings on the Library’s Web site. Does the Library have the article?

Go to the shelves & locate the correct issue. (If it is in microfiche form, find it in the microfiche cabinets.)

NO, but I can wait a week or so.

NO, and I need it NOW!

YES

Ask about Document Delivery

1. Check the holdings of other local libraries.

2. Call other local libraries.

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Does one of them have the issue you need?

Try one of these options:

a. Do more research & find another article;  

b. Hope for foul weather to cancel classes;

Go get it!

YES

NO


This document explains how to locate a copy of an article listed in a periodical database.