Do NOT pay for individual articles - you are already paying for access with your BVU tuition.
The Library offers free access to millions of articles in full text for BVU students, faculty and staff, through the Library’s subscription databases. If you are logged in with your BVU credentials, you will be recognized as a BVU-affiliated user and granted access to these articles.
However, sometimes when you are searching for an article -- even if you start from a library database -- you will end up on an external webpage that asks you to pay to access the article. You do not need to pay for the article; the Library's Interlibrary Loan office will request items you need from other libraries.
To determine whether the BVU Library has access to an article, or whether you will need to request that article through Interlibrary Loan, do the following:
1. You can search for the article in our WorldCat Discovery catalog. Type the article title into the search box along with the author's last name. If you find the article you want, click on the title to view the detailed view of the article information. If available, click the "Access online" button to be taken to the article. Otherwise, you can use the "Search for Full Text" link to see if BVU Library has access to the article or the "Request an Interlibrary Loan" button to request the article through Interlibrary Loan.
2. Look up the journal title by title or ISSN. If the journal is available electronically in full text, you can follow the link to the database containing that journal. If full text is available in print, you can locate it on
the shelves. Off-campus students can request a scan of the article through Interlibrary Loan.
3. You can search for the article in Google Scholar putting the title in quotes (only use quotes if you're 100% sure you have the title correct). If you have the authors' last name(s), you can add that too but not between quotes. You will likely then find a full citation somewhere in the search results. You may even find the full text freely available online.
4. If the first three steps are unsuccessful, please request the item through Interlibrary Loan.
Need help? Email library@bvu.edu or chat with a BVU Librarian.
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