Questions to ask as you track down sources:
1. What type of source is it (book, article, other)?
2. Is it available at Gustavus (in print or online)? If so, where/how would you find it in our collection?
3. If it's not available at Gustavus, how would go you about getting a copy?
In many cases, before you can track down full copies of materials, you need to know what kind of source it is. Here are some of the most common sources and what to look for in the citation (note that citations will look different in various citation styles):
For examples of other sources and how how citations look in various citation styles, visit our Cite Your Sources guide. Once you've decoded your citation, use the information on this page to track down hard copies. A librarian can also help you figure out your source type.
There are several ways to track down books, depending on where you've found the citation.
NOTE: You usually can't borrow ebooks from other libraries - this is a restriction set by ebook publishers. Check to see if there's a print copy instead to borrow. A librarian can help with this or any other step.
Source #1
Alcoff Linda Martín. Visible Identities: Race, Gender, and the Self. Oxford University Press, 2006.
Source #2
Evans, Elizabeth. "Disability and Intersectionality: Patterns of Ableism in the Women's Movement." Intersectionality in Feminist and Queer Movements: Confronting Privileges, edited by Elizabeth Evans and Eleonore Lepinard, 2020, pp. 143-161.
Source #3
Haslanger, Sally. “Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them to Be?” Noûs, vol. 34, no. 1, 2000, pp. 31–55.
Source #4
Olson, Jeremy. "Safe Haven Draws Families: As States Ban Or Restrict Gender-Affirming Care, Many Look to Minnesota." Star Tribune, May 07, 2023.
If you are searching our databases and find an article in a database that's not full text, look for either the "find it at Gustavus" link or a link that invites you to access the full text (individual databases will display this differently). Click the link.
This process (known as Interlibrary Loan) is free for you. It typically takes only a day or two for articles to be emailed from the lending library to you. Look for an email with the article OR an email that will give you a link/code to access the article. If you have any issues, please reach out to a librarian.
If you have a journal citation from a source's bibliography OR if you find an article referenced online (but not in a library database), click the Do We Have This Journal? link on the library's homepage.
You will either be linked to the full text of the journal online or it will say that we have it in print. For either option, refer to the instructions above to track down the text. (Note that if we have the full text of some/all of the journal, the links will take you to the page for the journal - from here look for an option to search within your particular journal to find the article itself.)
If you search for articles via Google Scholar and if you are on campus, you'll see a "find it at Gustavus" link that will take you to the full text of the article (or tell you if we have it in print). You might also luck out and find the full text freely available. But if you end up on a publisher's website & they are asking you to pay for access, stop! Never pay for an article. Use the information provided above to request the article for free.
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