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Finding an article listed in a bibliography
Reading the bibliographies of a good article or book can be very helpful. But how do you find an article or book listed?
Article citation
CITATION - Morrow, P. ‘‘Those Sick Challenger Jokes.’’ Journal of Popular Culture 20.4 (1987): 175-84.
Option 1: Look up the title of the journal in the WU catalog
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if the journal is available electronically, click the "WUSTL full text" link
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if the journal is available in print, read the holdings in the record to see if we have the volume/issue you need
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NOTE: look up the journal title, not the article title
Option 2: Search Primo
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Navigate to the "Search Library Collections with Primo" tab on the Library website
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Enter the title of the article into the search field
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NOTE: Not all databases are linked with Primo, so if you don't find the article you are looking for, follow the steps for Option 1 above.
Hint: you know it's an article if volume/issue/page #s are in the citation
Book citation
CITATION - Framing Monsters: Fantasy Film and Social Alienation; Bellin, Joshua David; 2005, Carbondale : Southern Illinois UP.
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look up the title of the book in the WU catalog
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if we don't have it, click on the Mobius link/button to transfer your search out to other academic libraries in Missouri
Hint: you know it's a book if the publisher/press is in the citation