Tools You Can Use: "Find It" - From Citation to Source

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As you make your way through databases in communication and other disciplines, you will sometimes see a button with the words “Find It” next to the title of a journal article or book chapter. Don't overlook it; it is one of the most valuable tools you can use doing research at BC.

Integrated by the BC Libraries into many databases, "Find It" takes you outside the database you are in to other resources at BC and elsewhere. For example:

• If an article cited in one database is available in full text in another online source, there will be a direct link to the full article.


• If the journal in which an article appeared is available in hard copy in the BC Libraries, there will be a link to Quest, the BC Library Catalog. Click on that link and then on View Holdings to see where in the libraries you can find the specific issue.


• If the article is not available electronically or in hard copy at BC, there will be a link to Interlibrary Loan Request, which will bring up a form through which you can request the Libraries to obtain the article for you from outside BC.

Some databases, like Communication Abstracts or PsycINFO, provide abstracts only, without complete articles. Others, like Communication & Mass Media Complete or ATLA Religion Database provide full text for some publications but not for all. "Find It" helps turn these databases and others into gateways to a wider world of resources at BC and beyond