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Computer & Information Science

A beginner's guide to start you on your way to discovering the UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library's resources available in Computer and Information Science.

Tips for Journal Searches

Are you looking for articles from a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper?

Search for the name of the publication in the Find Journals by Title box to see if we have it online or in print.

Tracking Down Journal Articles

When you are trying to track down a journal article citation that doesn't have a hyperlink, start by checking to see if we have a subscription to the journal.  

View full size screenshot of the Journal Search screen in Primo Discovery System.


Type in the journal's title and if we have a subscription you will see it in the results.  If we do not,  you will need to request your article through Interlibrary Loan.  

View of full size screenshot of the search results after typing in "ACM."


Next, open the record to see what coverage we have for our subscription:

View full size screenshot of the bibliographic record of ACM computing surveys journal.


Check links under "View Online" and see if the year of the publication you want is covered.  In this example, we have access to issues from 1969 to the present through the ACM Digital Library, and we also have access to more recent issues (from 1996-2001) through Gale Academic OneFile. (Note: not all "View Online" options give you the same access!)  If your article falls within specific ranges, click on the link to the publisher's page or database.  On the publisher or database page, if you don't see a list of journals by year and volume, check for "archived issues" or "past issues" on the page.  

View full size screenshot of the publisher's page for ACM computing surveys.


Next, choose the year and volume you need.  You will then see all the articles in the volume often by page number.  Scroll down to your article and open the full text.  

View full size screenshot of the publisher's page with volumes of the journal with one issue highlighted for selection.


In some cases, you might be prompted to "Open via PDF" or "Open via eReader." If you are unable to locate the article or access the full text, please contact a librarian for assistance!  

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