Q. How do I identify full-text articles using PubMed?

Follow these step by step instructions to search for articles in PubMed and identify whether or not the article is available at the Medical Library:

1. While on the Medical Library website, click on Key Resources in the top menu bar.
2. Click on PubMed@SIUMED.
3. Search for your article(s) by title, author, PMID, etc.
4. Click on the article you want to read. You will be to be taken to the article record page.
5. Under Full Text Links on the right side of the page, click on the green "Find It @ SIU" button. This will open the Medical Library catalog page for the article.
6. Scroll down to to the "View Online" section. If there are links in this section, that means the article is available online in Full-Text at the Library. Click on any link provided to be taken to the article. You may be prompted to sign in to OpenAthens.
   1. If you see "How to get it" instead of "View Online", this is an indication that the Library does not have immediate access to this article and an Interlibrary Loan request needs to be placed.

The video below (3 min.) walks you through the same instructions as above. You can also find additional instructions in our Finding Full-Text guide.