Library skill of the day

As annotated bibliographies begin to be assigned and the first class papers begin to come due, you may find yourself in need of journal articles when you have only the citation in hand. Never fear! Here is our step-by-step guide to finding articles in the SLC library:

1. Find the name of the journal the article is in; often, databases will call this the source or publication.

2. Open the Sarah Lawrence College Library catalog.

3. Run a Journal Title (exact) search for the name of the journal, NOT the title of the article.

4. Find the link to the journal in the results list, click to see the record for the journal and read it carefully to make sure we have the dates that you need.

OR

5. Write down the call number and find it on the shelves.

6. If the journal is not listed in the catalog, check our list of online journals.

7. If you get no hits, submit an interlibrary loan request.

Still confused? Pop back and ask me, Carl, or Maria, to walk you through the process, or fill out our consultation request form. Happy researching!