If you are viewing a record for an article online and you'd like to access the full-text, keep an eye out for "GetIt" links or NYU buttons. These buttons/links will take the citation information in the record, and search through the library's catalog to see if NYU has a subscription to the journal, with coverage of the volume/issue where that article was published.
In library databases, the GetIt links will look often like this grey and red NYU button:
It is possible to set up your GoogleScholar settings to show NYU GetIt links to search for the full text of a citation you find there. For directions on how to see those links, visit this guide to using Google for research.
Once you've set GoogleScholar to show those links, you'll be able to look up citations in GoogleScholar, and follow the GetIt@NYU link to locate the full next via NYU Libraries.
When you have the citation of an article and you'd like to find the full text via NYU Libraries, a good first step is to search for the article's title in the library catalog at library.nyu.edu.
For example, consider the following citation: Lieberman-Cribbin, W., Tuminello, S., Flores, R. M., & Taioli, E. (2020). Disparities in COVID-19 testing and positivity in New York City. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 59(3), 326-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.06.005
The first result matches all the citation details, and there are links to read it online, or view the PDF
If you cannot find what you're looking in the library catalog based on the title of the article or chapter, you can search for the journal's name in the library catalog to determine if NYU has a subscription that covers the volume/issue that you need.
For example, consider the following citation:
Lieberman-Cribbin, W., Tuminello, S., Flores, R. M., & Taioli, E. (2020). Disparities in COVID-19 testing and positivity in New York City. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 59(3), 326-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.06.005
This article was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Searching for that journal name in the library's catalog has revealed that NYU has a subscription through Elsevier to this journal, with online access starting from Volume 1, Issue 1 (1985), which means that this more recent article (published in volume 59, issue 1) will be covered.
The NYU Libraries catalog also as a citation searching tool that allows you to input citation information and look up individual articles. This tool works well when you search using a unique identifier number associated with the article you're trying to find, such as the DOI or PMID. For the example citation above, the DOI was: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.06.005
Many of NYU Libraries licensed resources depend on IP authentication to verify users' affiliation with NYU. In other words, you need to access the resource with an IP address that is known to be associated with NYU.
On campus, this often happens automatically. But when accessing resources from off-campus, it may be necessary to route through the library's proxy server, or the VPN, in order to access the resource with an NYU-specific IP address.
There are a number of ways to route through the library's proxy server, including following the resource links on the library's website, or adding the proxy prefix to the URL of the resource you're trying to access.
Add this "proxy prefix" in front of the URL: http://proxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=
For example, if the URL of an article is:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3056806
Then you can edit the URL to look like this:
http://proxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3056806
This new URL will prompt off-campus users to login with their NYU NetID and password, and then give them the same access as they would have on campus.
You can also use the NYU-VPN to gain access to library resources in a way that is similar to being on-campus. For more information about using the VPN, see this guide.
For additional information about Off-Campus Access, see:
While NYU Libraries subscribes to thousands of publications, you may find a record or a citation for an article that was published in a journal for which the library does not provide coverage.
In those cases, you have the option of requesting the article via Interlibrary Loan, a service which allows you to gain access to materials owned by non-NYU Libraries. Before placing an Interlibrary Loan request, you may find it helpful to chat with a librarian to verify that NYU does not provide access to that title.