Finding a Resource from a Citation
Books
Citations for books will generally list the place of publication and publisher distinguishing them from other types of resources.
To find a book, try a title search in WorldCat or an advanced/ title search in One Search.
EXAMPLE:
Mendheim, B. (1987). Ritchie Valens: The first Latino rocker. Tempe, Arizona: Bilingual Press.
Articles
Citations for articles will generally list the year, volume, issue, and page numbers.
To find the full text of an article, start at the library homepage and look up the title of the periodical using the journals link or try a keyword search in Google Scholar using the author's last name and a couple of keywords from the title of the article.
EXAMPLE:
Wilkinson, S. (2007). The day the music died. Aviation History,17, 8-8.
Some databases will allow you to access a version of the reference list for an article with links to check other databases for the full text. This will bring you backwards in time as it will bring you to works the author/s consulted when writing the article. This list is called cited references or references.
Some databases will give you a list of other articles/authors that have cited an article with links to check other databases for the full text. This list will bring you forwards in time as it will show you other works that were published after the article was written. This list is called times cited or cited by.
