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Geography & Environmental Studies Research Guide

A guide to library resources in Geography and Environmental Studies

Scholarly Journal Article Databases & Social Explorer

NEIU Library catalog (for finding scholarly books)

How should I search in a database?

In this video, you will learn how to create and use keywords based on your research topic to search in an academic database.

Length: 1:28

Getting Full-Text Articles

Accessing Full-Text Articles Instantly

Note: You must be signed in to view request options.

Full-text of articles are available through the library. Login to get PDFs and other versions of many articles

From the Library Website:

If the NEIU Libraries has immediate access to a journal article, you'll see links under the "View Online" portion of the record.  Choose and click on a link in order to open and download the article directly from the database.

Note: If there isn't a "View Online" portion of the record, this may mean that we do not have immediate access to this particular article.  You may be able to request a PDF of the article through our WorldShare Interlibrary Loan program.  Please see our Requesting Articles Through WorldShare instructions below

 

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From a Library Database

You will likely encounter two different icons related to article accessibility in the databases

This icon means you can download the journal article immediately.  Click on the link to download the PDF

This icon means that this particular article is not available through the database you're searching.  Click on the button to be brought to the article record on the NEIU Libraries website - look under "View It" to find the article in other databases, or under "How to Get It" to fill out a WorldShare request

Requesting Articles Through WorldShare

If NEIU Libraries do not have the full-text of an article, place a request through WorldShare. These can arrive as soon as one business day to several weeks, but most come quickly. 

 

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