Alternative Article Access Options

Check the MSU Library for Immediate Access

• Use CatSearch to look for the article title
• Find an article using DOI or PMID search

Get it From the Library

Interlibrary Loan

• Current MSU students, staff, and faculty can request materials (books, articles, and more) from other libraries through our Interlibrary Loan service.

Get this Article Now

• Get this Article Now is a service that allows current MSU students, faculty, and staff to order articles from journals that the library does not have subscription access. The articles are delivered rapidly, often within minutes, and the service is available 24/7.

Borrow Print Items from other Montana Academic Libraries Through CatSearch

• MSU Library belongs to TRAILS (Treasure State Academic Information & Library Services), a consortium of 24 Montana academic libraries working together to share resources. Most of us use the same discovery layer (catalog) so you are able to request to borrow print materials from them directly through CatSearch. 

Try Using a Browser Extension

• LibKey Nomad++: Install the browser extension for seamless off-campus access to library resources
• EndNote Click: a free browser extension that allows users to access and download PDFs of academic journal articles.
• Open Access Button: Free, legal research articles delivered instantly or automatically requested from authors.
• Unpaywall: Read research papers for free. Skip the paywall on millions of peer-reviewed journal articles. 

Find an Open Access Copy 

• arXiv: Articles in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Preprints in biology.
• bioRxiv: Preprints in biology.
• ChemRxiv:Preprints in chemistry and related areas.
• CogPrints: Self-archive papers in any area of psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics, and many areas of computer science.
• e-LIS: International digital repository for Library and Information Science (LIS), including Communication.
• Google Scholar: After searching for an article in Google Scholar, on the result list, look for All versions. You may find a free full text version there.
• IDEAS (RePEc): Bibliographic database based on RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). Includes published articles and freely available preprints and working papers in economics.
• medRxiv: Preprints in the medical, clinical, and related health sciences.
• OSF Preprints: Multidisciplinary preprint repository.
• PubMed Central: Free digital repository that archives open access full-text scholarly articles that have been published in biomedical and life sciences journals. 
• ScholarWorks: MSU Library's open access repository, houses freely available articles, professional papers, and theses and dissertations from MSU researchers.
• Social Science Research Network: Open access preprint community specializing primarily in social sciences, including economics, law, corporate governance, and humanities.

Use your Network

• Contact the author directly and ask for a PDF of a reprint
• Search a sharing network like Academia, ResearchGate, Mendeley, or Humanities Commons

Ask for Help

Tried all the methods above without any luck? Contact the library, and we will do our best to help track down the article!