In case you haven't already been introduced to these literature data bases, here are the three that I use most often to get full text articles from the web. All of these are accessible because our library subscribes to the services. You can't get everything, but you can get a lot. All three data bases are completely searchable by keywords, authors, and date, and you can request searches of the titles, keywords, abstracts, full text, etc. I suggest, however, that if you already have the reference (journal title, volume, pages), use the browse function to go straight to the article.

JStor - this is an ever expanding archive of primary literature. It has hundreds of journals from all fields, most from the inception of the journal. The only drawback is that there is a rolling blackout window that covers the most recent 5 or so years to protect the publisher. But if what you are looking for is older than 5 yrs (3 yrs in some cases), check here first.

Eco - this data base also has hundreds of journal titles from lots of fields, but only covers the last 2 or 3 years. Unfortunately, there is little overlap in titles between this journal list and that of JStor, so there are many journals where older work is inaccessible and others where recent work is inaccessible.

BioOne - this data base has only 45 journal titles at the moment, and although mostly science, within each, the accessible volumes only go back a couple of years. However, there are some titles here that are not in either of the other data bases. The browsing function isn't as obvious here...you have to click on "archives" first and then choose a title and volume from the alphabetical list.

If you need an article that isn't available on-line, don't be hesitant about going to the library web site and ordering it through interlibrary loan. You only need the bar code numbers on the back of your student ID. If possible, the delivery can be made electronically so that it is almost as convenient as having the article on-line. I've gotten articles within 24 hours (although that's not always the case, so don't count on it). The article interlibrary loan page can be accessed directly by clicking here.