How do I get the full-text for an item?
- Not everything on every results page is available in full-text (sometimes it is useful to know something exists, even if we don't have access to it).
- ONLY if you see a "full-text" link (Go To Full-Text, PDF Full-Text, Full-Text Finder, view EBook, HTML full-text) under a result on the results page will that item be available directly through our library. HOWEVER:
- Any article or single book chapter not available in our library can be requested through inter-library loan (ILL). If available, the item will be scanned in and a link to it sent to you (often within one or two business days). Details on requesting items via ILL process here.
- If an item is NOT available for ILL or you can't wait, you can try contacting your local academic or public library to see if they might have the item in print so you might visit that library in person, and read it there or photocopy it. You need to contact that local library for details. Note: active Empire students can borrow circulating print materials at most SUNY/CUNY libraries.
- In discipline-specific databases, such as EBSCOHost: you may see a 'Full-Text Finder' link: if you click that link and get a blank page, click the "open the page in a new window" link within the colored stripe at the top of the page to view the article.
Example of some EBSCOHost search results:
