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Subject specific sources ....................................................................................................................................................... 5

Finding the text of a known citation .................................................................................................................................... 2

Department of the Interior Library Resources ..................................................................................................................... 3

Starting points and sources on the Web .............................................................................................................................. 4

A brief guide to information on the Web


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I have a citation; I just need to find the

full text

What if I can't find it in Google?

As an NPS Employee, you have access to resources through the DOI

Library. This access greatly enhances what is available to you.

Begin at the DOI Library website

y Click on "Electronic Resources" on the left

y Scroll down to "Find Electronic Resources by Title."

y Search for the title of the journal where your article is

published.

y If the journal is one that is subscribed to through a subscription

with the DOI Library, you may click on the link from the search

page to search for the full text of the article.

For more about the resources available through the DOI, skip ahead in

this document to page 3.

Cant I just use Google Scholar?

Yes, it is certainly worthwhile to try Google

Scholar. Google Scholar is fairly good at bringing

up full text of articles if it is available.

y From Google Scholar, search by title of

the article.

y Put the title, or a piece of the title, inquotes to search as an exact phrase.

y Searching in Google Scholar will find

more citations than full-text articles.

Google Scholar is actually pretty good at

finding open access scholarly articles.

However, according to a 2010 study,

only 20 percent of published scholarly

articles are freely available on the web.

If Google Scholar doesn't come up with full text, try

looking for the title and/or author in the traditional

Google search. There is a chance you will find it this

way if it has been linked on a personal site.

I still havent found full text. What can I do now?

If you ever need assistance with locating an article, pleasecontact Nancy Hori at [email protected]


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Open Access Publishing resources

Directory of Open Access Journals

(DOAJ) Holds free, full-text, quality

controlled scientific and scholarly journals,

and attempts to cover all subjects. Can be

searched for articles, but only half of the

journals are indexed on the article level.

OpenDOARA directory of academic open

access repositories.

OAIsterOpen catalog of freely available

scholarly articles and digital resources.

Sources for Government Information:

THOMASFor legislation (bills and Public

Laws) from the 93rd Congress to the present.

Federal Digital System (FDSys)As of 2009,

FDSys is the U.S. Government Printing Offices

site, replacing GPOAccess. Includes Code of

Federal Regulations and Congressional

documents.

GPOAccessThe former digital repository of

the U.S. Government Printing Office. As of

2009, is preserved as archive-only.

Congressional Research Service Reports:

Open CRS A project of the Center for

Democracy & Technology.

UNT Congressional Research Service

ReportsArchived by University of

North Texas.

National Council for Science and the

Environment CRS Reports Digitized

reports collected by the NCSE

Specialized Search Tools

ScirusSearches science-specific Web

resources to retrieve articles, patents, and

journals often overlooked by general

search engines. Also contains current

news.

Science.govfederally sponsored search

engine for government science

information. Provides mostly full text.

WorldWideScience.orgglobal science

gateway comprised of national and

international scientific databases and

portals

InfomineFocuses on nine categories

(including biological sciences, cultural

diversity, maps & GIS, social sciences and

government info). This tool is librarian built

and retrieves university level web sites,

databases, journals, and more. It will

retrieve subscription-controlled sources,

but denotes these with a dollar sign on the

results page. Both browse-able and

searchable.

Starting points and sources on the Web:Sites listed here have been hand picked and offer paths to vetted, quality information


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