SPAN 325: Phonetics and Phonology: Find Articles

Locating library materials in other languages can be complicated. While many online resources seem to allow searching in different languages, there are some drawbacks when trying to find non-English materials.    

Before searching for articles in Spanish, please review the page "Find Articles" in the Vernacular or Non-English Resources library guide.

With the notable exception of JSTOR, most databases are searchable only in English.  To locate items in other languages, try

• Typing your search terms in the language of interest and see if you find citations.

• Limiting your results to a particular language in a search field:

or as a limit option:

• Searching in English and limit to country of publication:

Additional Tips:

• If you want to include articles or prepositions in your search, remember to use the double quote marks with the search term:
  • Example: “del sol”
• Diacritics may or may not be detected in your search. To be safe, type the search word without the diacritic:
  • Example: “El Niño”— type as “El Nino”
• Some databases search the full-text of an article (e.g., JSTOR) while others only search the abstract. Keep this in mind when typing in your search since the article may be in Spanish, but the abstract will probably only be in English:

• If all else fails, read the "Help" pages for your online resource.  They oftentimes list the process or options needed to find vernacular materials.

If the article citation does not include links to the full text, click on the Find it @ PSU  button to check availability. Find it @ PSU is the link to the full text (online or print), that leads  to the full text will appear under View Online. If it is not available, there will be an option to request the article from Interlibrary Loan & Article Delivery.

You can use an article citation to get the full text. 

Ex.: Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6), 1173-1182

Option 1: 

Search the PSU Library using the article title as your search:

Option 2:

Enter the article title in Google Scholar, then click on Find it @ PSU:

Then...

Both methods provide links to the full text article, using the link under online access:

Not available?

Try searching for the journal and then searching or browsing for the article. If the Library does not have access to the volume of the journal needed, submit an article request via Interlibrary Loan.