Never pay for journals you find on the web! You already have access through the libraries. If you found a special issue online, note the journal title, publication year, and volume/issue numbers and follow steps 5 and 6 on this guide. Can't find the journal in our collection? Follow the instructions for manually requesting the articles through Interlibrary Loan.
Go back to the article you found in the database. If it has full text available then you should be able to find a record on the journal using the directions in step five. Be sure to type the title in exactly as it appears in the database.
If the original article you found isn't available in full text, click on the red Find It! button next to the article. This will either direct you to full text in another database (which means you should try step 5 again) or it will tell you that the journal is not available online. If the journal is not available online you will need to request the articles via Interlibary Loan. The easiest way to do this is to use the web to find a list of articles in the special issue, and then search for the articles by title in QuickSearch on the Libraries homepage. From there you can request the articles through Interlibrary Loan and the request form will be auto-filled for you for each article.
If you haven't already, create a free Interlibrary Loan account. If you can find the articles in Libraries resources (for instance, by search the article title in QuickSearch) follow the Find It! button prompts to request the item through Interlibrary Loan.
If you cannot find the articles in the Libraries resources, sign into your Interlibrary Loan account and look for the article request form. Fill out as much information as you can about the article(s) you need and submit the form.
Most articles are delivered within a few hours.
Search in the database for counseling in the journal/publication name as well as the keyword "special issue"
Limit your results by date. Use the Page Options drop down and select detailed so that abstracts show up in the results list.
Most of your results will be articles introducing a special issue of a journal. Read the abstracts to get an idea of what the special issue is about. Once you select the article/special issue you want to read, click on the article's title and then note the journal name, publication year, and volume/issue number.
NOTE: At this point, do not worry about whether the article is available in full-text in this database.
If you logged into EBSCO through the University of Arkansas website, then you should be able to access the PDF or Online full text if the University has purchased the publication. You can also select "Find it at the University of Arkansas" to see if there is an online subscription, physical copy in the library, or if you can access the publication through our Interlibrary Loan system.
