Ask A Librarian
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Kelvin Smith Library Ask A LibrarianInformation on how to get help by email, phone, chat, and in-person.
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At the bottom of the KSL homepage, a green light says you have full access.
Search for books and ebooks
Search for books and ebooks using:
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SummonSummon is a Google-like search engine that searches across all of the Case Libraries books, journals, newspapers, and other holdings.
Search for journals and ejournals
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eJournal Portal (Electronic Journals)The CWRU eJournal Portal is a research tool that allows you to conveniently access the vast array of journals, periodicals, and magazines the Case libraries have licensed (paid for). The A-to-Z Title List includes journal titles, coverage dates, provider and database level-URLs that link directly to the journal whenever available. Please note that Journal Finder is not a research database; it is a list of journal titles. If you don't have a citation, or don't know in which journal the article you need may be located, you need to first search your topic in a research database or in Summon.
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OhioLINK Electronic Journal CenterFull text collection of over 7000 journals in a a variety of subjects. It includes titles in the following subject areas: Arts and Humanities, Business, Economics, & Management, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Computers & Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Health Sciences & Medicine, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics & Astronomy, and Social Sciences.
Search for other types of sources
Search for articles
Use periodical indexes and databases to locate articles. When in doubt which index or database to use, select an index that covers your subject area, as listed here:
When selecting appropriate databases for your topic, it is also important to know what kind of information you need: peer-reviewed articles, news, data, statistics, images, etc. Read index description, and select accordingly.
Once you have selected an index, proceed by entering keywords in the search box. Add synonyms, equivalent terms or variants. Combine these terms using Boolean operators (and, or, not), truncation, or wild card to best represent your topic.
The search will retrieve a list of citations to articles.
Access to articles
Some articles may be readily available fulltext from the index you searched in. For the articles not readily available in fulltext, check for availability in other indexes by clicking on the 
button.
To find articles that are still not available full text, you will need to note the full citation information (journal title, date of publication, article title, author, volume, issue, page number) and try one of the following:
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eJournal Portal (Electronic Journals)This A-to-Z Title List includes journal titles, coverage dates, provider and database level-URLs that link directly to the journal whenever available.
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CWRU Online Library CatalogWhen the journal of interest is not available in electronic format, search the catalog in case the journal is available in print.
Pay attention to coverage to the coverage dates to make sure that the article of interest is included.
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Interlibrary Loan ServicesWhen the journal is not available neither in print or in digital format, you may order a copy of the article of interest using the Interlibrary Loan Services.
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Use Citation LinkerCitation Linker helps unravel incomplete citation or citation including unfamiliar journal acronym and provides information on the type of access to that specific article.