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In some cases, you might come across a title that looks like it’s for an article, but is actually a book review or an abstract of a conference session. In that case, searching for the authors’ names and keywords may help find other items that they have published on that subject.

The link I clicked from the library website took me to the wrong journal article. How do I find the right one?

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Go back to the library search and check what journal your article is published in. If it is the same one you have landed on, use the search within this journal feature or browse by volume and issue to find the article you want. You may have landed on a response or correction to the original article, or another article within the same issue.

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