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Journal Finder is a tool that tells you where to access individual journals and articles in those
journals. Journal Finder works best if you already have an article citation and need to know what
database gives you access to the journal.
 Find It
is the library’s full-text linking system. If you find an article citation in one database but cannot
access the full-text, Find It links you to other databases that do carry that article in full-text. If
no databases carry the full-text of the article, Find It takes you to the Interlibrary Loan page.
Troubleshooting:
My request returned no records.
Journal Finder won’t let me ILL an article!
How to use Journal Finder:
Step 1: Type in a portion or all of the journal title. Leaving the
search option as “contains” (the default) is fine. If you prefer, you can type in the first part of
the journal title and change the search option to "starts with."
Step 2: Journal Finder will list available journal title results.
Step 3: Select the journal that contains the article you want by clicking the
Find It button to the right.
Step 4: You have online access to the journal.
This example, using the American Journal of Education, shows that you have access through five
databases to this journal. By clicking the database link, Find It often takes you directly to the
article in the database without any further searching. Journal availability dates are listed under
the database link.
Step 4.1: No online or local print access. You need to order the article
through Interlibrary Loan.
Important! Be sure to use the Twin Cities Campus ILL link (otherwise, your article
will be delivered to Winona) to order your article. Click the red Go button and a mostly filled-out
ILL form pops up. Enter your 14-digit library barcode and password (usually your last name), fill in
any of the yellow highlighted fields (if possible), the "Not Needed After" date, your preferred
delivery format (electronic is the default), and mark the box next to "I have read the above statement
and agree to abide by its restrictions." Then hit Go.
Step 4.2: You have home campus library access to print holdings of the journal.
You also have access online to a wider range of dates, but note that the online access
does not include the latest year of the journal, whereas the print subscription does.
Step 5: Your request returned no records.
If you are presented with a screen like this and yet you know the journal exists and you spelled the journal
title correctly:
Please call the library (612.728.5108) or email your article requests to
tc-library@smumn.edu and we will quickly order the article(s) for you. Include as much information
as possible, including the article author, title, journal title, year, volume, and issue, as well as
your name and library barcode.
Step 5.1: There is no link allowing you to order the article
through Interlibrary Loan from your home (Twin Cities campus) library. WHY?!?!?!
The example below shows that on the Twin Cities campus you have access to the print holdings of a
journal starting in April 2006-present. A dilemma arises because you cannot order any pre-2006
articles through Interlibrary Loan from your home campus as there is no Twin Cities campus ILL link provided.
 What to do: Journal Finder is a bit tricky in that it does not allow
students to order journal articles through Interlibrary Loan if their home library has access to some
journal issues. This is a great universal mystery that we can only hope will be solved in our lifetimes.
If this is your case, call the library (612.728.5108) or email your article requests to tc-library@smumn.edu
and we will quickly order the article(s) for you. Include as much information as possible, including the
article author, title, journal title, year, volume, and issue, as well as your name and library barcode.
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Last revised: July 24, 2007
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