The instructions below are for locating the full text of an article for which you found a citation in one of the library's databases while you are still in that database. If you are looking for articles on your particular topic and have not yet found any you want to go to our database finder at http://lib.radford.edu/database-finder/ in order to select a database and run your search.

How do I know if the full text article is available and how do I get it?

View Video clip overview of finding full text (1 minute 6 seconds)

Check your article citation for any of the following links: "Text”, “Text with graphics”, “Text + Graphics,” “PDF”, or “Linked Full Text.” If you see any of the afore-mentioned links you will be able to get the full-text of the article by clicking on the link. You are done.

If you do not see any of these options locate and click on the "Find Full Text" link to see if we have the journal.

• I was taken directly to the full text of the article. I'm done.
• I was taken to a page with the words "McConnell Library" at the top, like the one shown below. What do I do?
  
• I was taken to a page that does NOT look like the one above how do I access the article from this page?
• I was taken to a page that says "Sorry, we don't have this journal." like the page below how do I get the article?