Journal Finder

                                                         Search Journal Finder

If you have only a citation for a journal or magazine article and you need to get the full article, the "Journal Finder" will tell you whether the Library has access to the journal or magazine you need. Go to Journal Finder to search for the specific magazine or journal title.   

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If your search produces results, pay attention to what years of the magazine/journal the library has. Use the links to specific databases to get to the journal article you need.  Note: If in the results you find a link labeled "Dakota State University print holdings" then the article is in print in the library rather than online.

If your search produces 0 results, the Library does not have the magazine or journal.  To get the article you need, make an Interlibrary Loan Request and the Library will get the article for you from another library.  Journal Finder includes periodicals (newspapers, magazines, and journals) in ALL formats -- online, print, or microfilm.

For more information on interpreting the results, read How to Use Journal Finder below.

How to use Journal Finder

1.  After linking to "Journal Finder," type the journal's name in the top search box (or browse title instead).  The results will look similar to this:

a.  If the journal is full-text in a database, there will be a link to the database where you can search for the specific article in the journal that you need.  Note the dates for which we have issues of the journal!

In the example above, Rolling Stone is available in 3 databases: Proquest Research Library, Academic Search Premier in Ebscohost, and MasterFILE Premier in Ebscohost. Issues in Proquest Research Library are available from 1988 to the present, but fewer years are available in the Ebscohost databases.

b. If the journal is in print or microfilm in the library, there will be a link to the item labeled "Dakota State University's Print Holdings". Note the dates for which we have issues of the journal!

• In the example above, after you click on the link to "Dakota State University's Print Holdings", you will be shown the description of the periodical in the Library Catalog.  Click on "Show availability" to find out which issues the library has. 
• Print journals are shelved in alphabetical order by journal title in the Periodicals collection on the first floor of the library.
• Rather than using the Find Journals link on this page, you can search the Library Catalog  to find out if the newspaper, magazine, or journal is in print or on microfilm in the Mundt Library. However, the Library Catalog does not include electronic journals found in our research databases. [After clicking on Library Catalog, click on "Search Library Catalog." Choose type of search, either title word/s or title beginning with. If type of search is title word/s, do not include meaningless words such as a, an, the, of, in, with, for, from, to.  If type of search is title beginning with, do not include any initial article such as a, an, or the.]

3. Can't find the periodical in FIND JOURNALS? Then request the article you need through Interlibrary Loan.