Finding full text articles
using
SFX in Google Scholar
By Linda Kelly l Academic Librarian UCT Libraries
LindaKellyuctacza l April 2014
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Got a reading list and need to find the full
text journal articles
Letrsquos use this journal article as the example
Popkin JH 2013 Social costs from
proximity to hydraulic fracturing in New York
State Energy policy 62 p62 -69
Go to the UCT Libraries website
wwwlibuctacza
Click on Off Campus Login
Fill in your details
o username studentstaff number
o password same as UCT emailVula
Congratulations You are now through the
firewall and can now access the full text
articles amp eBooks that UCT Libraries
subscribes to
Since you already have the article title go
straight to Google Scholar
Type in the article title and click searchhit
enter button on keyboard
The first hit is the article you are looking for
To the right is the SFXUCT icon
Click on the SFXUCT icon
The page opens with the generic SFX page
The article title as well as the source info
(ie journal title author year volume etc)
are displayed at the top
The Full Text section tells one from where
full text is available
In this case full text is available via x3
platforms
I clicked on GO for the top one ie Elsevier
ScienceDirect
The page opens in Science Direct with the
online format of the article
On the top left is the article in PDF format
see Downlad PDF amp PDF icon
Check that this is the right article
o Below is the journal title volume year
and page info
o Below this is the article title
Scroll down to view the online article
displayed below
Go back to Google Scholar and in the same
way locate the other articles from your
reading list
For more info on using UCT Library resources
o look at the Archaeology Environmental amp Geographical Science and Oceanography LibGuides
o contact me LindaKellyuctacza
o call the UCT Libraries Info Desk +27 21 650 37034
Got a reading list and need to find the full
text journal articles
Letrsquos use this journal article as the example
Popkin JH 2013 Social costs from
proximity to hydraulic fracturing in New York
State Energy policy 62 p62 -69
Go to the UCT Libraries website
wwwlibuctacza
Click on Off Campus Login
Fill in your details
o username studentstaff number
o password same as UCT emailVula
Congratulations You are now through the
firewall and can now access the full text
articles amp eBooks that UCT Libraries
subscribes to
Since you already have the article title go
straight to Google Scholar
Type in the article title and click searchhit
enter button on keyboard
The first hit is the article you are looking for
To the right is the SFXUCT icon
Click on the SFXUCT icon
The page opens with the generic SFX page
The article title as well as the source info
(ie journal title author year volume etc)
are displayed at the top
The Full Text section tells one from where
full text is available
In this case full text is available via x3
platforms
I clicked on GO for the top one ie Elsevier
ScienceDirect
The page opens in Science Direct with the
online format of the article
On the top left is the article in PDF format
see Downlad PDF amp PDF icon
Check that this is the right article
o Below is the journal title volume year
and page info
o Below this is the article title
Scroll down to view the online article
displayed below
Go back to Google Scholar and in the same
way locate the other articles from your
reading list
For more info on using UCT Library resources
o look at the Archaeology Environmental amp Geographical Science and Oceanography LibGuides
o contact me LindaKellyuctacza
o call the UCT Libraries Info Desk +27 21 650 37034
Fill in your details
o username studentstaff number
o password same as UCT emailVula
Congratulations You are now through the
firewall and can now access the full text
articles amp eBooks that UCT Libraries
subscribes to
Since you already have the article title go
straight to Google Scholar
Type in the article title and click searchhit
enter button on keyboard
The first hit is the article you are looking for
To the right is the SFXUCT icon
Click on the SFXUCT icon
The page opens with the generic SFX page
The article title as well as the source info
(ie journal title author year volume etc)
are displayed at the top
The Full Text section tells one from where
full text is available
In this case full text is available via x3
platforms
I clicked on GO for the top one ie Elsevier
ScienceDirect
The page opens in Science Direct with the
online format of the article
On the top left is the article in PDF format
see Downlad PDF amp PDF icon
Check that this is the right article
o Below is the journal title volume year
and page info
o Below this is the article title
Scroll down to view the online article
displayed below
Go back to Google Scholar and in the same
way locate the other articles from your
reading list
For more info on using UCT Library resources
o look at the Archaeology Environmental amp Geographical Science and Oceanography LibGuides
o contact me LindaKellyuctacza
o call the UCT Libraries Info Desk +27 21 650 37034
Congratulations You are now through the
firewall and can now access the full text
articles amp eBooks that UCT Libraries
subscribes to
Since you already have the article title go
straight to Google Scholar
Type in the article title and click searchhit
enter button on keyboard
The first hit is the article you are looking for
To the right is the SFXUCT icon
Click on the SFXUCT icon
The page opens with the generic SFX page
The article title as well as the source info
(ie journal title author year volume etc)
are displayed at the top
The Full Text section tells one from where
full text is available
In this case full text is available via x3
platforms
I clicked on GO for the top one ie Elsevier
ScienceDirect
The page opens in Science Direct with the
online format of the article
On the top left is the article in PDF format
see Downlad PDF amp PDF icon
Check that this is the right article
o Below is the journal title volume year
and page info
o Below this is the article title
Scroll down to view the online article
displayed below
Go back to Google Scholar and in the same
way locate the other articles from your
reading list
For more info on using UCT Library resources
o look at the Archaeology Environmental amp Geographical Science and Oceanography LibGuides
o contact me LindaKellyuctacza
o call the UCT Libraries Info Desk +27 21 650 37034
Type in the article title and click searchhit
enter button on keyboard
The first hit is the article you are looking for
To the right is the SFXUCT icon
Click on the SFXUCT icon
The page opens with the generic SFX page
The article title as well as the source info
(ie journal title author year volume etc)
are displayed at the top
The Full Text section tells one from where
full text is available
In this case full text is available via x3
platforms
I clicked on GO for the top one ie Elsevier
ScienceDirect
The page opens in Science Direct with the
online format of the article
On the top left is the article in PDF format
see Downlad PDF amp PDF icon
Check that this is the right article
o Below is the journal title volume year
and page info
o Below this is the article title
Scroll down to view the online article
displayed below
Go back to Google Scholar and in the same
way locate the other articles from your
reading list
For more info on using UCT Library resources
o look at the Archaeology Environmental amp Geographical Science and Oceanography LibGuides
o contact me LindaKellyuctacza
o call the UCT Libraries Info Desk +27 21 650 37034
The first hit is the article you are looking for
To the right is the SFXUCT icon
Click on the SFXUCT icon
The page opens with the generic SFX page
The article title as well as the source info
(ie journal title author year volume etc)
are displayed at the top
The Full Text section tells one from where
full text is available
In this case full text is available via x3
platforms
I clicked on GO for the top one ie Elsevier
ScienceDirect
The page opens in Science Direct with the
online format of the article
On the top left is the article in PDF format
see Downlad PDF amp PDF icon
Check that this is the right article
o Below is the journal title volume year
and page info
o Below this is the article title
Scroll down to view the online article
displayed below
Go back to Google Scholar and in the same
way locate the other articles from your
reading list
For more info on using UCT Library resources
o look at the Archaeology Environmental amp Geographical Science and Oceanography LibGuides
o contact me LindaKellyuctacza
o call the UCT Libraries Info Desk +27 21 650 37034
The page opens with the generic SFX page
The article title as well as the source info
(ie journal title author year volume etc)
are displayed at the top
The Full Text section tells one from where
full text is available
In this case full text is available via x3
platforms
I clicked on GO for the top one ie Elsevier
ScienceDirect
The page opens in Science Direct with the
online format of the article
On the top left is the article in PDF format
see Downlad PDF amp PDF icon
Check that this is the right article
o Below is the journal title volume year
and page info
o Below this is the article title
Scroll down to view the online article
displayed below
Go back to Google Scholar and in the same
way locate the other articles from your
reading list
For more info on using UCT Library resources
o look at the Archaeology Environmental amp Geographical Science and Oceanography LibGuides
o contact me LindaKellyuctacza
o call the UCT Libraries Info Desk +27 21 650 37034
The page opens in Science Direct with the
online format of the article
On the top left is the article in PDF format
see Downlad PDF amp PDF icon
Check that this is the right article
o Below is the journal title volume year
and page info
o Below this is the article title
Scroll down to view the online article
displayed below
Go back to Google Scholar and in the same
way locate the other articles from your
reading list
For more info on using UCT Library resources
o look at the Archaeology Environmental amp Geographical Science and Oceanography LibGuides
o contact me LindaKellyuctacza
o call the UCT Libraries Info Desk +27 21 650 37034