Most periodical indexes in the Ithaca College Library are now available online in periodical databases that the Library subscribes to. The normal approach to locating the information is through the subject of the article. By searching a subject heading or keyword you will first locate bibliographic citations. Citations will usually include the name of the author, the title of the article, the title of the periodical, the date of publication, the volume number, and the pages on which the article can be found. Additional information may include an abstract, and a growing number of databases not only index articles, but provide the full text.
Full text is a transcript of the words in the article.
Full text usually leaves out pictures, charts, and graphs. Picture images of the original pages are available by some of the database services. An important technique is to let someone else help you do the hardest work for you and find the good stuff . Articles in a peer reviewed journal usually have bibliographies. Once you find one article, you may be well on your way to locating a few or even dozens more.