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No matter which database you are searching, be sure to either sign in to the Galter Library website or the NU VPN if you are off campus. Here are some helpful hints for retrieving full-text articles from several different sources including PubMed, Google Scholar, the Galter Library website, and other biomedical literature databases.
Be sure to sign in to the Galter Library website or the NU VPN if you are off campus.
Note: We try to ensure that the Galter Full-Text Online button appears for all articles where full-text is available. However, sometimes the data contained in PubMed does not fully reflect full-text availability. If you think the library provides access to full-text of an article, but the button doesn't appear in PubMed, try searching the Galter Library website. Click the "Library Website" tab for instructions.
Be sure to sign in to the Galter Library website or the NU VPN if you are off campus.
Full-text is available in many other databases from several vendors including MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycINFO (Ebsco), Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), and Scopus (Elsevier). The common thread to all of these is the Find it@NU button. Look for the Find it@NU button within each item record in your search result set.
Clicking on the Find it@NU button will take you to an interim page where you'll find links to full-text (if available), links to order the article through interlibrary loan if full- text is not available, and a link to our online catalog so you can see whether we own this journal in print format.
First: Activate the Find it @NU links in Scholar Settings and then continue with one of these options:
Option 1: Sign into the Galter Library website and access Google Scholar from there. When signed in, search for "Google Scholar" in the library website search box and click the resulting link. The address for Google Scholar should be: http://scholar.google.com.ezproxy.galter.northwestern.edu/.
Option 2: Connect via the VPN service so Google Scholar will recognize your query as originating from the university's IP range and allow access via the article title or Find it @NU link. For more details on how to connect via the VPN, see the "Connecting From Off Campus " page from NUIT. In some cases, even when signed into the Galter Library website or with the VPN enabled you may still be redirected to the Online Passport page. You will have to log in with your valid NU netID and password in order to proceed to the journal page to access the article. You must have cookies enabled on your browser for the Online Passport to work properly. See the "How NU Online Passport Works " page for more information.
You can use the Galter Library website to search for journals but not within journals. If you know the journal in which the article you seek appears, you can search for that journal from the Galter Library website. Be sure to sign in to the Galter Library website or the NU VPN if you are off campus.
If you encounter problems retrieving full-text articles using any of these methods, please contact us or call us at 312-503-8126.
If the article you want is unavailable through our website, you can request it through our Interlibrary loan/document delivery service in one of two ways. Both methods require a Northwestern NetID.
Requests have an average 3-10 business day turnaround time, regardless of the method you use.