How to determine if the library already has a license for the electronic version of a reserve reading

For journal articles:

1. Use the Electronic Journal Locator.
2. Go to http://www.library.gsu.edu/ejournals.
3. Type in the name of the journal.
4. If you find the name of the journal listed, click on the button for the journal.
5. The Find It menu will display whether it is available in full-text, and if so, for what years.
6. If the menu indicates the year that contains the article is available, click on it to make sure you can get to the article.
7. If you can, then the library does already license the reading.

An Example

The reading:

Departmental Effects on Scientific Productivity

Paul D. Allison and J. Scott Long

American Sociological Review, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Aug., 1990), pp. 469-478

Article is from 1990

The library does have a license to this article.

For a reading from a book:

1. Check GIL, the library's online catalog, to see if there is a link to an electronic version.
2. Search the title of the book.
3. Look for a title result that includes [electronic resource].
4. If you find the title noted as electronic, click the link
5. Look for the Click here for the electronic version line, and if found click on it.
6. If the book comes up, the library has a license to the electronic version.

An example:

Tatsumi, Takayuki, 1955- Title: Full metal: transactions between cyberpunk Japan and avant-pop America / Takayuki Tatsumi. Publisher: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, c2006.