See the page in this guide titled Essential Search Techniques for some valuable information on database searching.
Here are ways you can obtain the full text of an article:
►Tip: Use the thesaurus to find subject terms that make your searches more effective.
Note: You need to register on campus to use this database. See the SciFinder page in the Chemistry & Biochemistry guide.
• Geoscan
Publications and reports on geological subjects from the Government of Canada.
NASA Technical Reports Server (at http://ntrs.nasa.gov/?method=aboutntrs; not in the U of R Library database list)—Publications from NASA, including lots of planetary science documents and a surprisingly large number of geological publications. Many documents are available freely online; others must be ordered through Interlibrary Loan. More information about NASA's publication program is available at http://www.sti.nasa.gov/.