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ENGL 235 - Technical Writing (Kelley): Find Full Text

Library information and resources for Shannon Kelley's ENGL 235 class

Find It Button

Clark Libraries offers many periodical databases to locate articles. Many of the articles are full text but some of the articles are citations only.  However, you may be able to locate the full text article by using the "Access options" button when searching in EBSCOhost databases or the "Find It" button in ProQuest and other databases.

Here are two examples of what the "Access options" and "Find It" buttons look like in EBSCOhost and ProQuest databases:

Access options drop-down under EBSCOhost logo and Find It button under ProQuest logo

Once you click on "Check for full text options" or "Find It" you will be redirected to the Clark College Libraries Catalog.

Full Text Available

An "Online access" link shows up in green below the article information. This indicates that you have access to the full text. In the "View Online" section below you can click on any of the database names that show up to access the article. In the example below, you can click on EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost CINAHL with Full Text, EBSCOhost PsycARTICLES, or SocINDEX with Full Text to get to the full text.

Article record with full text available

Sometimes the database links may take you to a journal home page or an error page instead of directly to your article. You may have to re-search in the database using your article's title to find the full text. If you have any problems accessing the full text, please ask a librarian!

Full Text Not Available

Sometimes we don't have access to the full text article instantly but you can request the article using Interlibrary Loan. There will be a "Check for available services" link in grey below the article information, and you should click Sign in under the "How to get it" section:

Article record with no full text available and sign in link highlighted with red box

Once you sign in using your Clark Lab Account username and password, you can click the Request article (allow 7+ days for arrival) link. You'll need to sign in again, then you can fill in the information to request the article.

Click the Request article link once you've signed in

You also may be able to find the full text of an article online. This Find full text PDFs on the open web video shows you how.

If you have any problems requesting the full text, please ask a librarian!

Ask a Librarian

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