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How do I Find an Article?

Find an Article on a Certain Topic

If you are searching for articles on a particular topic, you should select a database. Some databases may contain only the citation or abstract, while others may include access to the full-text of the article in either PDF or HTML format.

Medline, either through PubMed or Ovid Medline, is a good place to start if you are looking for medical journals. Nurses and allied health professionals may want to begin their search using CINAHL.

You may choose a database from our A-Z Databases List, arranged alphabetically by name. In some databases at the search results screen, you will see the "Findit" button which will link you from citations to the full-text of the article. For more information about "Findit", please contact the Reference Desk at 1-732-235-7604.

If the particular database you search does not have the full-text of the article available, nor a link to "Findit," then copy the citation information of the article and follow the steps below for finding the article.

NOTE: UMDNJ Proxy Account is required to access the online databases and ejournals outside the UMDNJ Network.

Find a Particular Article from a Reference

• Go to the A-Z Ejournal List.

• Enter the journal title of your desired reference in the search box or click on the alphabet that starts the journal title.



• If the title is retrieved, clicking on it will either lead you directly to the journal's table of contents, or take you to the next page with multiple options to access the full-text of this item.



• If the journal is not found, or the year of the desired article is not covered in the ejournal subscription, then check the University Libraries online catalog for print holdings by clicking on the "Print Holdings" link on the ejournals page.



• If the journal is not available either online or in print, and if you are affiliated with the New Brunswick Campus, then you may place an interlibrary loan request for the article by filling out this pdf form and fax it to the library at 1-732-235-7826. You may also choose to submit an online interlibrary loan form. Note: using this form requires you to enter your remote access account. For information on how to request an article, please go to the How Do I Request an Interlibrary Loan page.

For more information on how to find an article, please contact the Robert Wood Johnson Library's Reference Desk at 1-732-235-7604 or email to meblib@umdnj.edu for help.

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