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BIO 3352 & 4351: Research Methods in Biology: Obtaining Articles from PubMed

Obtaining Articles in PubMed

Ways to Obtain the Article

How to Get the Journal Article

 

PubMed does not include the full text of journal articles; however, click the icon in the top right corner of the abstract display to link to the full text, if available.

In addition, the abstract display may include a LinkOut – more resources link located at the bottom of the display, with additional full text sources.

Additional tips for obtaining articles.

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  • Many articles are available for free.
  • If you are a physician, researcher, or health professional, utilize your affiliation with a medical library or institution.
  • If you are a member of the general public or not affiliated with a medical library or institution, try finding free copies, check with your local library, or go directly to the publisher.

Free copies of some articles may be obtained in these ways:

Free full text Filter

Use the filter sidebar and click the Free full text available link to narrow your results to resources that are available for free on the web.

PubMed Central

Click the Abstract display “Free in PMC” icon to link to the article in PubMed Central.

PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Free from the publisher

Click the free full text icon on the abstract format. Some publishers will provide free access to articles after you register as a guest.

Note: When you click a full text icon or link in PubMed, you leave PubMed and are directed to the full text at an external provider's site. NCBI does not hold the copyright to this material, and cannot give permission for its use. Users should review all copyright restrictions set forth by the full text provider before reproducing, redistributing, or making commercial use of material accessed through LinkOut.

Please see the Copyright and Disclaimers page for additional information.

If you are affiliated with a Texas Wesleyan University

  • The West Library has many journals available online through journal databases.  To see if they have full text access to the journal that you need, go to the Library Webpage at http://westlibrary.txwes.edu and look for the the Periodical Search link. By clicking on this link and typing in the journal title that you are looking for, you can determine what databases that the journal is available in Full Text.

 

If the West Library at Texas Wesleyan University does not have access to the journal article

If the West Library does not have access to the article that you need, then you can request the article through InterLibrary Loan.  The link to InterLibrary :Loan is on the West Library's page. You go to Services, then Using the Library, then Borrowing.