GSLIS West

Accessing Articles

Journal articles are available in two formats: online full-text and print. Please keep in mind that only a fraction of the titles that Simmons subscribes to are available online and most of these only provide coverage for the last five to ten years. This is particularly true of archival journals, many of which are available only in print. Therefore, it is very important to consider both online and traditional print articles when conducting your research.
Basic instruction for obtaining both online and print articles are listed below. Please contact the Dixie Blake Foster, the GSLIS Library Assistant for Mount Holyoke at 617-521-2828, email at dixie@simmons.edu or Skype at DixieAtSimmons, for more information.

Check for full-text first

Simmons OPAC

The OPAC is useful if you have the title of that journal and want to find coverage or browse.

  1. Connect to the Simmons Library online catalog.
  2. Conduct a title search for the journal title.
  3. Click on the entry that has the word Online next to the title.
  4. Select a database by clicking on the appropriate title.
  5. Drill down by date to the issue you want to look at.

Serials Solutions

With Serials Solutions you can navigate directly to an article if you have a citation, browse for a journal by name if you aren't sure of the exact title, or browse to find an online journal by subject.

  1. Connect to the GSLIS Collection homepage at http://my.simmons.edu/collections/gslis/.
  2. Launch Serials Solutions by clicking on the Finding Fulltext Articles link below All GSLIS Resources
  3. If you have the citation for the article
    • Click on the Citation Linker link at the top of the page
    • Fill in as much of the citation as you have.
    • Click the Look Up button
  4. If you are not sure of the title of the journal, you can browse by title.
    • Click on the first letter of the first word in the journal title and select the journal title from the list.
    • Click on the Look Up Article link, fill in the form, and click the Look Up button.
  5. If you are looking for an online journal, choose a subject under Browse ejournal by subject.
  6. When you have search results, click on the Article link to go directly to the article. If there is no Article link, click on the Journal link or the name of the database and run a search or navigate to the article.

Request Print Articles

As a community of distance learners, members of the GSLIS West community may use the Library’s ILLiad software to request all articles, Simmons-owned or otherwise. All you need do is identify your department as GSLIS West when you set up your ILL account. To check your current setup, go to ILL and click on Change Your Information from the left navigation bar.

Questions? Contact Dixie Foster at dixie@simmons.edu, call 617-521-2828, or Skype DixieAtSimmons.

 

 

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