How to Find Your References in the ASU Libraries

Method #1: Use the "Get It! ASU"button.   [Instructions]
Method #2: Use the "Get It! ASU" Citation Linker    [Instructions]
Method #3: Check the ASU Libraries.    [Instructions]

 

Method #1: Get It! ASU

Use the "Get It! ASU" button to retrieve the full text of articles. "Get It! ASU" gives the options for obtaining the article as well as features such as exporting the citation into RefWorks.

Note: "Get It! ASU" works best with journal articles. For books and conference proceedings, use Method 3: Check the ASU Libraries

 

Typical "Get It! ASU" screen:

Note: SciFinder Scholar does not display the "Get It! ASU", instead:

  • Use the icon, if available, or
  • "Mark" the record(s) of interest and click on the button.

Method 2: Get It! ASU Citation Linker

Use the Get It! ASU Citation Linker at http://www.asu.edu/lib/sfx/citation/

Select either article, journal, or book, as appropriate, fill in the form with the information that you have and click on GO. Citation Linker will try to find that item for you and bring up the "Get It! ASU" screen.

 

Citation Linker works best with journal citations in which the full journal title is given. If citation linker can't find the item, use method 3 directly below.

Method 3: Check the ASU Libraries

If the database you are using does not provide a "Get It! ASU" link, and the Citation Linker did not work, try the following methods to locate the item.

 

Click on the type of item you are trying to find: Book | Journal Article | Patent

 

Journal Articles

Examples:

Tou, J.S. et al., J.O.C., 1985, 50, 4982-4984

H. Pietsch, Tetrahedron Lett. 1976, 4053

Stoineva, I.; Galunski, B.; Lozanov, V.; Ivanov, I.; Petkov, D. Enzymic synthesis design and enzymic synthesis of aspartame. Tetrahedron (1992), 48(6), 1115-22.

Search Strategy:

  1. If the journal title is abbreviated, get the full journal title from one of these 5 resources:

    Abbreviations Used in CCD and Merck
    http://www.asu.edu/lib/noble/chem/CCD-Merck-jrlabbrev2.pdf



    Journal Titles and Abbreviations
    (Kevin Lindstrom, Chemistry Librarian, UBC)
     http://www.library.ubc.ca/scieng/coden.html



    Genamics.com
     http://www.genamics.com/journals/

    		CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index)
    Located at the Information/Reference Desk


    Periodical Title Abbreviations
    Located at the Informamtion/Reference Desk

  2. Next, search the ASU Libraries' Find Journals page to determine if a journal is available electronically or in print/microfilm.



Books

Examples:

Opler, Lewis A.; Bialkowski, Carol; Editors. Prozac and other Psychiatric Drugs: Everything You Need to Know. (1996), 384 pp

The Retinoids, M. B. Sporn et al., Eds. (Raven Press, New York, 1994)

Pratt, J.M., Inorg. Chem of Vit. B12, Academic Press, 1972

 

Search Strategy:

Search the Title of the Book (not the title of the article or chapter) in the ASU Libraries' Catalog; if the title of the book is not given, try searching by the first author's name. Copy down the call number, note the library and floor location.

 


Patents

Examples:

Hilborn, James Wallace; Jurgens, Alex Roger. Fluoxetine process from benzolylacetonitrile. U.S. (2000), 5 pp. US 6025517 A 20000215

U.S. Pat., 1996, McNeil-PPC, 5 498 709

J. A. Christensen, R. F. Squires, DE 2404113

 

Search Strategy:

 

U.S. patents are located on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's web page at: http://www.uspto.gov (requires a tiff-image plug-in to view the patent images; all library workstations have this plug-in). Click on "Search Patents" graphic in bottom of the screen; click on "patent number search" under "Issued Patents"; enter patent number in search box (see examples on the page).

 

International patents (and U.S. patents from 1920+) are located at the European Patent Office's web site at: http://ep.espacenet.com Some patents have only an abstract, some are the full text; coverage varies by country. (Beware! Patents are written in the language of the issuing country; if you can't read the language use the summary from Chemical Abstracts.) Click on NUMBER SEARCH in the left column; in the publication number search box, type the two letter country code and the patent number with no spaces.

 

 

Need More Help?

Having trouble using a library or internet resource?
Having trouble finding a journal article, book or patent?

Contact the Noble Library reference staff:

Have a question about the assignment?
Having trouble deciphering the content of a journal article, book or patent?

See your Instructor/TA.

Page last modified: October 26, 2007