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Getting Around Paywalls

Sometimes in your research, you'll come across a promising looking article only to run into a roadblock: a paywall saying you must pay to download the article. An example is shown below:

When this happens, simply copy and paste the article title from your browser tab into SuperSearch (the big search box on the library website), as seen below. Then, you'll see that you can get a PDF.

screenshot of SuperSearch article results with PDF Full Text highlighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you find that our library does NOT have full text, do not despair. You can submit an Interlibrary Loan request and the article will be emailed to you (usually the next business day), completely free of charge.