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Answered By: E-Resource Queries (Ext) Last Updated: Jul 22, 2024     Views: 20840

Looking for Chinese Journal articles or theses instead? Try this FAQ.

Quick method - search article title using FindMore

Note: While this search covers a high percentage of articles we have access to, not every journal article can be found with this search. If the search fails to find the article, it is still possible we have access online or print. Please follow the procedure below to check.

Official method

What follows is the recommended method to establish if NUS Libraries has access to a known article.  If you follow these instructions and you still  can't find it , it is very likely that we just don't have access to it; if so, and this article is critical to your research, you might be able to request the library purchase it via  Document Delivery Service .

If you are given a citation, identify for the journal article

a) journal title article is in - e.g "Quarterly Journal of Economics"

b) year of publication -  e.g 2011

c) vol/issue  article it is in - e.g 126(4)

and  not  just the article title e.g. "Cash or condition ? evidence from a cash transfer experiment."

Don't know what the journal title is? Search Google or Google Scholar  by article title for full reference.

1. If you only have an abbreviated journal title and do not know the complete title, check Journal abbreviations for the complete title. E.g. Appl Math Optim .

Some listings you can try to check Journal Abbreviations include  JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources ,  Genamics JournalSeek ,  NLM List of Serials Indexed for Online Users ,  Singapore - Legal Abbreviations compiled by the C J Koh Law Library or just by doing a Google search.

2. Do a search in  LINC  for the journal to see if the required journal issue is available either in print or in online version. At the search box, type in the complete title or as much of the beginning of the title. E.g. Applied mathematics and optimization. 

If there are too many results you might want to restrict the search to the Journals collection.

3. If there is no exact hit, browse the titles near what you have typed. If the title you want is not there, click on Search As Words to do a keyword search. 

4. If the journal is available in the library, you can see the full record. Depending on the journal availability not all sections will be shown.

a) check the online versions to see if the issue you need is available

b) click on latest received to see the newest print issues received (these are generally in the current journal sections and cannot be borrowed out).

c) check the  OLDER  issues (bound volumes) available in the library. By default only a maximum of 10 bound journals are shown. Click on  View additional copies or search for a specific volume/copy   to see all print issues available.

All the bound volumes available in the NUS Libraries is then listed. Bound volumes may be kept in Bound Journals or Closed Stacks. See How do I request a closed stack item?

Do note that journals titles tend to change fairly frequently , so you may have to check successor or preceding journals by clicking on " Continued By " or " Continues ".

5. If either the journal or the issue is not available in NUS Libraries, you may also want to do a  Google  or  Google Scholar  search by article title (with quotes around the search if necessary) to see if the article is available free online.  If the link brings you to a page that requires payment, you can try the  proxy bookmarklet  to see if you have access.

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Find Full Text: Find It! @NUS Libraries

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Using Find It! @NUS Libraries

What is   .

• NUS Libraries does not subscribe to the e-version of the full-text.
• ​There is a technical issue preventing a successful link to the e-version of the full-text.

Try search the   library  catalogue (LINC)   for a  print copy in our collection.

What if there is no Find It! link in a Google Scholar result?

Check Library Holdings via Google Scholar

In Google Scholar, you can also check if the required item is in the NU S Libraries collection.

• The system checks for the availability of the title in our collection and subsequently returns the screen below. If the title is not available online, select the options  By   Title  or  By  ISSN  to confirm if it is available in hard copy.

How can I connect Google Scholar to the NUS Libraries resources?

Set up find it @nus libraries  to locate full text  of google scholar search results.

Google Scholar results will link you directly to the required online journal article or book chapter but you would likely not have access to the full-text, particularly if the source title is subscribed by the Library. This is because you are not authenticated via NUS Libraries' proxy.  To access the  full-text, set up your Google Scholar  settings to link it to the NUS Libraries' collection. The steps are as follows:

• ​Go to  Google Scholar   ( https://scholar.google.com ). At the top left panel, click on the hamburger   menu icon (Google Scholar tends to move this icon   around  quite a bit..):

• Select Settings on the resulting screen. Click on Library Links :

• At the " Show library access ..." screen, key in  NUS and click Enter.  Uncheck the box for " Open World Cat... " if it was checked by default earlier on . Click Save:

• Now you're ready test if your settings work.  Search for a topic in Google Scholar for example Forest City Malaysia Chinese.  The  Find it! @NUS Libraries   links will now appear to the right of some articles in your search results.  Click on these links to see if the full texts are available in our collection.

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