You may want to find the full text article for a citation or you may know only part of the citation information for an article you need. For example, you may know only the article title or just the article subject and the author.

The examples on this page show several ways to find the full text article using partial citation information from the following sample citation:

Raven, Peter. "GM Crops, the Environment and Sustainable Food Production." Transgenic Research 23.6 (2014): 915-921. Environment Complete. Accessed 16 Mar. 2016.

How to Find an Article When You Have a Citation

  1. On the opens new window Library Web page, click on Articles+ with EagleSearch. EagleSearch searches most of ORU's resources simultaneously.
    EagleSearch
  2. Key in the article title in quotation marks so the terms are searched as a phrase.
    Example: "gm crops, the environment and sustainable food production"
  3. Click Go.
  4. Locate the article.
  5. Click the Access now button to view the article PDF, HTML, linked Full Text.
    Article access button

Note: HTML does not include page numbers but can be translated into another language or read. PDF is the digitized version of the article which includes page numbers, but it does not have capability to be read.

How to Find an Article When You Know the Database Name

If you know the database, access it and search the citation information.

For the example above, go to Environment Complete, the database in the above sample citation.

  1. Search part of the title in quotation marks ("sustainable food production") and change the field to TI Title.
  2. Also search and the author's last name (Raven) and change the field to AU Author.
  3. Click PDF, HTML, linked Full Text or similar link for the full text.