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 Got an article title you want to find but don’t have the full reference? Maybe a colleague has told you about a good article to read but they don’t have all the details. How can you find it?

Here is an example: Health-related quality of life in youth with type 1 diabetes by Shapira

Search for the full-text by article title

1. Go to the Health Library web page Articles for the NHS.

2. Page down to the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub section.

screen-shot of the Hub search tool on the library web page

3. Enter your article title in double quotes.

4. Click the “Search” button.

You will be taken to the Hub search results article page. What if the search returns lots of results? What can you do?

Use the filter options

example filter options for the article we are looking for

Select from the various filter options to focus the number of entries in the search results. You might try:

  • publication date range if you know the journal is recent
  • journal article source type
  • subject filter option

Use the Hub advanced search options

Use the advanced search to focus your results. Click “Advanced Search” from the Hub results page (under the search box).

In this example I can add the author’s name to the search criteria. See the screen-shot where I have entered “shapiro” and seleced author.

advanced search for article title and author

Full-text options are presented with the article in the search results. Options available may include:

  • Download PDF
  • Article Link
  • Request Article

If the full-text is available you may be prompted to enter your NHS OpenAthens username to access the full-text.

If full-text is not available you may be presented with our print journal collection or asked to complete an article request form.

Watch the video for an example

Need more help?

Please get in touch if you need more help finding full-text articles.

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