Tips for Getting Full-Text Articles

Below are listed the best ways in which Welch Library users may obtain full-text articles through our online resources. There is also information on other document resources such as copyright and remote access.

From the JHU Libraries Catalog
From PubMed Citations
From EBSCOhost and other Databases
From WelchWeb's e-Resources Listings
Information about Usernames and Passwords
Information about Copyright
Getting Articles from Home
Contact Us

Full-Text from the JHU Libraries Catalog

From the JHU Libraries Catalog, select Alphabetical, then Journal/Newspaper Title to find out where a particular journal is located. Enter all or part of the full journal title. You can also find out whether that journal has an online subscription, as indicated below.

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Some books and journals are sometimes located in our remote storage facility, the Libraries Service Center. Fill out this form to request items from there.

Full-Text from PubMed

Users should always access PubMed from the WelchWeb navigation bar above. This special link allows you to view full-text options when reviewing abstracts from your search results. Here is an example of viewing Welch full-text options, , at the abstract level in PubMed:

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If there is no full-text button, then try selecting "Links", then "LinkOut" to find alternate ways to get full-text. NOTE:Links to full-text articles may or may not be listed.

In cases where there is just a print icon, , this means that the Welch Library System has this title in its print collection. To make sure there is no full-text availability, it is wise to always double check the JHU Libraries Catalog for other full-text options, if they exist. If none are, then you may request this article directly through PubMed through the Loansome Doc service. Requested articles are sent to users' Weldoc accounts within 3-5 business days. More information on how to register for this service can be found here.

Occasionally you may encounter a publisher-provided link to full-text access in PubMed. This is no indication that Welch subscribes to this particular journal or not. Access may be granted where the publisher has provided the article free of charge, or the library subscribes to. For a majority of these journals, subscriptions are needed for access, in which case you should see a Welch Full-Text icon. Remember, it is always best to check the catalog for library holdings.

Full-Text Articles with SFX

In the EBSCOhost databases, Web of Science, and OCLC databases, check the links for full-text options. An example is here. SFX is a tool that allows users to see all options for full-text from JHU Libraries' journal subscriptions while searching in a database. The link will help you move between the database, the full text of the journal, the library catalog, or Weldoc. In some databases the link may look slightly different, but it will still work the same. You may also search the SFX database to see if the journal is listed.

If there is no option for full-text in the SFX window, then click on and fill out the form for quicker requesting service. The article will be available in 3-5 business days.

Some EBSCOhost databases, such as Academic Search Premier, are comprised of all full-text journals. Connect to the database through the Welch Databases link, click on the "Publications" tab and browse the listed titles for the article you need.

Full-Text Journals from WelchWeb's E-Resources List

The Welch Medical Library maintains an extensive listing of our online journal title subscriptions, found on our e-resources Web page. You may search for a title by entering all or part of the title in the search box or browse alphabetically:

You can view the availability of the online subscription directly from these journal lists. For example, the title below is available online from 1997 onwards:

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It is also possible to see a listing of online journals in your particular discipline.

Some journals which other Hopkins Libraries subscribe to are not listed in our e-Journals list but are in the JHU Libraries Catalog.

Usernames and Passwords

Very few journals require separate login/passwords—about a dozen out of approximately 3,000 titles that we subscribe to. For the journals that do (such as Gastroenterology), we have a link next to the journal title that provides the necessary information. An example is below.

Information about Copyright

Occasionally you may get a cancelled request due to copyright restrictions. When more than 5 requests have been made from any 1 journal in any 1 year within the last 5 years from the current year, we can no longer obtain it. We handle these requests on a case-by-case basis and will try to accommodate your needs as best as we can. For more information on these cancelled orders, please contact the Weldoc Office at
410-955-3418.

If your request is not urgent, you may purchase article through Ingenta Connect, from the publisher site, or you may want to check the University of Maryland Health Sciences Library Catalog, or the National Library of Medicine's Catalog for their holdings information.

Contact Us

For problems with electronic resource subscriptions, please contact our Digital Collections Team.
For problems with Weldoc, please call 410-955-3418 or e-mail.
Contact your department's liaison librarian.
For other issues or concerns.