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Though you have access to a great deal of UTSA Library resources with a few mouse clicks, some resources aren't available electronically, and working backward from a citation to find the full-text is sometimes necessary.

"Find It @ UTSA Library!", E-Journal Locator, and UCAT make finding the full text so much easier! If the full text isn't in the database you're searching, use "Find It!" or E-Journal Locator to search for the full text electronically.

"Find It!" appears behind search results (citations) in many UTSA Library databases. When clicked, "Find It!" checks the citation against other databases' holdings, and, if the full text is available electronically, will take you directly to it! If the article isn't available electronically, "Find It!" will guide you through the process of finding a hard copy! How cool is that?

To check whether UTSA Library has a particular periodical (journal, magazine, newspaper) electronically, use E-Journal Locator. If UTSA Library has the title, E-Journal Locator will tell you which database(s) have the full-text and give the coverage dates for each database. Keep in mind, however, to find articles on a topic in an electronic journal, magazine, or newspaper, you need to use a database.

If, after using "Find It!" or E-Journal Locator, you will can't find the full text, search for a hard copy. UCAT, UTSA Library's catalog, shows which items the library owns and where they are located within the library. Hard copies of books, journals, magazines, newspapers, multimedia (movies, music) and microform formats are all found by searching UCAT.