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Help - Article Linker

What is Article Linker?

Article Linker connects you to full-text journal articles available through the Old Dominion University Libraries. Article Linker is a "link resolver," a service that uses information from journal databases to connect you to full-text articles.

How does Article Linker work?

Say you are searching a database (for example, PsycINFO or InfoTrac Onefile) and you find a citation to a journal article that you would like to read. The citation includes the article title, journal title, publication date, volume and page numbers. When you click on either the Article Linker icon, which looks like this: or the "Check for Full Text" link, Article Linker uses the journal citation information to locate the full text of the article in the Old Dominion University Libraries collection.

What am I seeing on the search results screen?

Depending on whether the Old Dominion University Libraries subscribe to the journal you're looking for, you could see:

• A link to the full text of the article via the ODU Libraries.
• A link to the print record for the journal in the library catalog.
• A link to Illiad, Interlibrary Loan service, if the journal is unavailable at Old Dominion University.

Why isn't there a link to an online copy of the article I want?

Databases can help you identify citations to articles you need, but in some cases the Old Dominion University Libraries do not subscribe to the electronic version of the cited journal.

• The journal databases include citations to many more journals that we are able to buy.
• Some journals are published only in print and do not offer electronic full-text versions.
• Some databases don't always connect seamlessly to full-text articles because these articles do not contain the information that Article Linker needs.

How can I get help using Article Linker?

• Call the Reference Desk at (757) 683-4178
• Use Ask a Librarian, to e-mail your questions to us