Mechanical Engineering: Find a SPECIFIC article

• Go to the library website at http://libraries.udmercy.edu

• Leave the main search box blank and click on the red search button.

• At the top of the next page, above the search box, click on the tab that says "Find Item by Citation".

• Fill out the form with as much information as possible and click on the Submit button.   For example, if you were looking for the following article:

• Anthony, Kathryn E., and Timothy L. Sellnow. "Information acquisition, perception, preference, and convergence by Gulf Coast residents in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina crisis." Argumentation and Advocacy 48.2 (2011): 81+.                                                      
• The results page will list databases that should include the article.  Click on any database link.

• You should see a link* where you can read or download the article. 

• *In some cases, you may be directed to the webpage of the journal that contains the article you want.  If so, look for a search box where you can search for your article, or for an issues list where you can navigate to the correct issue. 

Need an article or book hat's not available through the Detroit Mercy databases?  We can usually get it for you free from another library.  FIll out the form here: http://libraries.udmercy.edu/ill/

(Note that it may take from 7-10 days to arrive, sometimes longer, depending on which library sends it to us.)