Ask a Librarian : Find Full-Text Articles with DOI

If you know the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for a particular article (example: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00665.x), you can often use the DOI to quickly access the full-text of an article. You can find DOIs wherever articles are referenced : article citations online and in print, tables-of-contents, emails, twitter posts, etc.
The easiest way is to copy and paste the DOI string into a Google search box :



Because the DOI is unique to a particular digital document, the first item that comes up is usually the one you’re looking for :


Clicking on the link will take you to the publisher’s website where the full-text of this particular article lives.

In this case, the article is “Harry Potter & the Curse of Headache” in the clinical journal Headache. It’s the first item in the search results list. Library Services pays for online access to this journal, so getting to the full-text is easy!

Bonus : If the article you are looking for is one of the 12,000 e-journals for which Affinity Library Services has brokered access, you’ll be able to get the full-text hassle-free--as long as you're using an Affinity computer.

Note : If you did this same search at home, the Publisher would ask you for your credit card number to proceed to the full-text. As long as you’re at an Affinity computer, and it’s a publisher who recognizes us, you’ll be able to get through.

In this case, we’re taken out to the publisher’s website where you can read the full article on your computer screen as html. Or click on the PDF link if you want to print a copy on paper.

Questions or comments? Contact your Librarians via phone or Outlook :
          Michele Matucheski 3-0340 MMC Library
          Margo Lambert 8-2857 STE Library

Getting to the Full-Text Tutorials [Affinity Access Only]:
          When You Have a Citation – Part 1 ) Using the PubMed Citation Matcher
          When You Have a Citation – Part 2) A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut
          When You are Searching – Part 3) Google Scholar and Affinity Full-Text
          When you have a DOI - Part 4) Using Google and DOI

National Medical Librarians’ Month 2010 Prize Winners

The Affinity Library Services Staff wishes to extend a hearty "Thank You" to all who participated in the National Medical Librarians’ Month contests.

From the Clark Family Library at Mercy Medical Center:

Gretchen Glassen, AMG Clinic Manager at the Heart Lung Center at Mercy Oakwood guessed the correct number of gummy worms and won Dove Chocolates.

Ruth Jahns from the Mercy Wound Clinic won the thumb drive.

From the Health Science and Resource Café Libraries at St. Elizabeth Hospital:

Geralyn Hoffmann (STE EVS) guessed the correct number of Dove Chocolates in the jar in the STE Health Science Library and won the chocolates.

Carolyn Shea (Outpatient Rehab on College Avenue), Resource Café Library user, guessed the correct number of gummy worms and won some Dove Chocolates.

Jeannie Morey (AMG Orthopaedics, Madison Center) won the thumb drive.

Again, thanks to all who participated from your Affinity Library Staff (Michele and Ann at Mercy; Margo and Karen and St. E’s)