Periodical and Journal Articles ONLINE

Twice today I've shown 3Ls who thought they had to use interlibrary loan to get journal articles, how to find them quickly and easily online. It was a "gee whiz" moment for both of these chaps, but it's really nothing new at the law library. Here's how to find journals and periodicals that the library has either online, in paper or microform:

• From ANY library web page, roll your mouse over the word RESEARCH
  
• Select either JOURNALS or SERIALS SOLUTION (it's the same place)
• Click on the first letter of the journal or periodical title and then search the page for it
• If there is a link to Pierce Law Holdings, then we own this title and you can go downstairs and retrieve it, provided we have the issue you need.
• If it is available electronically, click on the electronic link and follow the directions. You will usually be taken to a search screen where you will have to enter the article title.
  
• If you are not physically in the library, you may need to have the barcode from your Pierce Law ID available to logon to the proxy server for access.

Happy hunting! If this blog entry helped you, tell a friend!

http://www.library.piercelaw.edu/LWP-New/Research/journals/journals.cfm