SWRK 330 

To find an article citation, this option uses the library catalog to locate the journal and then uses the citation to locate the exact article.

For this example, this article will be used:

Anthony King.  1969. "Political Parties in Western Democracies: Some Skeptical Relfections." Polity 2:111-141.

• Step 1: go to the library catalog


• Step 2: Search Journal Title > In this example search Polity
  *note: change keyword to title in the drop down box


• Step 3: Click on the record for Polity


• Step 4: The record displays in which databases this journal is available and for which years.


• Step 5: Electronic version > select a database > be sure to make sure the year you are looking for is contained in this database.


• Step 6: In the database > either select the year, volume, issue to open the correct journal OR search title of article in search box
  *note: put "quotations" around title of article.