Locating Articles
   
Check journal title (not article title) in InvestiGator.
  If journal is listed, is link provided? Click on link.
  If journal is listed but link not provided, do SFSU holdings include the needed date?
 
  Is date of article within last two years? Try Current Periodicals shelves.
  Is date older? Note format (BOUND, FILM, FICHE) and go to corresponding area (2nd floor).
   
Is journal a law review, or a current news source? Try Lexis-Nexis.
   
Is subject neither law nor news? Try other full-text databases, e.g. EbscoHost.
  (For a list of full-text sources, from the Electronic Databases page chose type Fulltext Periodicals.)
   
If journal isn't in InvestiGator and isn't iincluded in full-text databases:
  Is article needed in <36 hours? Use Melvyl to identify the nearest library that has the journal; go there.
  If article isn't need in <36 hours, have you access to a fax? Try CARL UnCover.
   
If CARL UnCover doesn't include the journal or doesn't send copies:
  Is article needed in <one week? Use Melvyl to identify the nearest library that has the journal; go there.
  Have you >one week? Use Document Delivery Service to request the article.
   
   
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