English: Texts Over Time 

A journal citation  provides the details of an article published in a particular Year / volume and issue of a journal.

To find the journal article from the citation you need to find out

1. Does the library have the journal  (a title search via the catalogue)

2. Does the library hold the journal for the year when the article was published - open and read the catalogue record.

3. Is it available online or in Print?

Example from your Further reading list

Michael, Magali Cornier, “Rethinking History as Patchwork: The Case of Atwood's Alias Grace”, MFS Modern Fiction Studies 47.2 (Summer 2001): 421-447.

Step 1

Look up the title of the journal in the catalogue

Modern Fiction Studies

Step 2

Look at both the print and online record to find out how to get the article

From the shelf or online

Print Holdings are pictured.  The article we need is in volume 47 2001.

Therefore, it is not available from the printed holdings on the shelf

Look now at the online holdings

Volume 47 2001 would not be available via Proquest.

It is available from Project Muse

Step 3

Click on Project Muse and select the Volume 47 issue no. 2.  Browse the Table of contents for the article.