EIU Booth Library

“Find it @ EIU” becomes “Get Full Text” …and you get your articles faster!

Posted on August 26th, 2015

You might notice a slight change in the way you retrieve articles from the library databases this semester.

For the past several years Booth Library has been using a service we call  . You see it when your database search returns a citation to an article but not the full-text.

The “find it” service allowed you to search across Booth’s  journal holdings to see if we had an electronic version of the article you need.

If we did,  provided a link to it.

If we didn’t,   gave you option to request the article through Interlibrary Loan.*

Now we have . It is the same service, but improved!

“Get Full Text” brings the article a step closer to you.

If you are searching in a database like Article First, Philosopher’s Index, America: History and Life, and even Google Scholar**,

and you see the    logo, just click it.

You will immediately be whisked directly to the full article.

If we do not have electronic access to the article, you’ll be presented with a menu of options.

It is a small, barely noticeable change, but is one of those little differences that show you how the librarians are working hard for the EIU community to make access to information as quick and seamless as we possibly can.

*Interlibrary loan is the service we provide in which you can get books or articles from virtually anywhere free of charge. See library.eiu.edu/ill for more information or to place a request.

**Even off campus google scholar will connect to EIU’s if you know how to set it up. Ask the librarians for more information.