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LibKey in Spartan Search lets you instantly access articles by downloading them as PDFs or reading them online. You can also browse the journal the article came from to find other related topics.

 

A yellow, square line highlighting three linking options to "Download PDF, Read Article, View Issue Contents" on an article record in Spartan Search.

 

Try It!

Let's browse through a popular journal, the Journal of the American Medical Association from the library's catalog. Click on View Issue Contents and LibKey will show you all articles from the journal and provide the PDF or link to access the article. 

 

The number one is in a yellow box with an arrow pointing to the SJR number of the Journal or American Medical Association which is 5.928. The number two is in a yellow box with an arrow pointing to a link labeled "BrowZine Library".

All journals include ranking information from the SCImago Journal & Country Rank.

The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a publicly available resource that features journals and scientific indicators based on data from the Scopus database. The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) measures a journal’s prestige by considering both how often it is cited and the importance of the journals citing it.

 1) Click on the SJR to learn more about a journal’s ranking. Please note that SJR scores are based only on citations from publications indexed in Scopus. Citations from non-Scopus sources are not included.

 2) You can also explore journals by subject, such as Biological Sciences, History, Law and Legal Studies, and more, by clicking on the BrowZine Library.

There may be journals where our library does not have full-text access to certain issues due to embargo periods or publisher restrictions.

A yellow box highlights the following information at the top of the page, "New Full Text unavailable for 1 year from time of publication. Please click an article to explore additional access options."

 

LibKey will check online for a freely available copy or direct you to submit an interlibrary loan request through Tipasa. Remember, you may need to log in with your Okta credentials to see the Tipasa request link. Learn more about inter-library loan on our website.

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