• Upon clicking on the title, a record of the item will appear (shown below). When searching for a journal title within BANC, you must identify whether or not Hutchins Library has a specific volume, and in what format these will appear.

• To find out what volumes (dates) the Library owns, look at the "Summary Holdings" line (highlighted below).

• To find out the format of the journal, look next to the "Call Number" (highlighted below). Periodical J, for example, indicates that the format is Print. Microfiche J indicates a microfiche format. Thus we can tell that this journal has varies volumes available in print and microfiche format.

• Notice the Additional Format field at the bottom of the record. This indicates that there is a format other than print or microfiche available for this title. In this case, the title is also available in electronic format.

• Click on Journal of Marriage and the Family [electronic resource] next to the Additional Format field.

• Clicking on the title, results in a record (as shown below) for the electronic version of the journal.

• This journal is one of the many E-Journals (electronic journals) subscribed to by Hutchins Library. E-Journals provide access to full-text articles. The "Notes" field (highlighted) indicates what volumes of this journal we have electronic access to.

• Notice that next to the "Linked Resources" (highlighted) field is a direct link to the database providing access to the E-Journal you are trying to locate. If you wanted to go directly to the database to search the journal, the link "Connect to new resource" would take you there.

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