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Enter the Kentucky Virtual Library
Quick Tour
What is a home institution?
Contacts at home institutions' libraries
How to get help with your question
How to get and ID and Password
How to Find Articles
How to Find Books
How to get and item not available in KYVL
Additional library help for KCTCS students
Professional Training Program Students
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How to Find Articles

To find articles:
  • Go to the KYVL Gateway at http://www.kyvl.org (click on the KYVL logo in the upper left corner of this page)
  • Click on "Find Books, Articles, and more" (If you are prompted for a user ID and Password, you can obtain this from your librarian)
  • Select a database group
  • Enter your topic
  • Click "GO"
  • Click on the article title you are interested in
If the fulltext of the article is available you will see an icon ( or ) on the screen.
Click on the icon to view the article and print it out.

If the fulltext of the article is not available you can ask your library to get it for you. There is no charge to you for this service.
See: "How to get an item not available in KYVL" in the blue column to the left.

Learn more about searching the catalogs and databases. You can also get this information by clicking on the help button in the "FInd Books, Articles, and more."

Read here for a description of the databases and catalogs available