Research articles are frequently paywall-restricted. A paywall is an online toll barrier preventing access to a document until a fee is paid to the publisher.
Most subscription-based journals and databases use paywalls to incentivize customer buy-in: no purchase/subscription? No access!
The Open Access movement is making a lot of clinical research freely available to consumers by charging authors or their institutions a publication fee.
But the subscription-based business model is still predominant.
But it's not always easy to tell what is and isn't available through the UTT Library, especially when searching resources like Pubmed, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia.
Here are some extensions that can help you locate accessible full-text content: LibKey Nomad and Lean Library.
LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that will alert you whenever subscription-based content you are browsing online is subscribed by your library and (therefore) accessible to you.
Here is a brief video that demonstrates how LibKey works and Instructions for downloading extension:
Databases with which LibKey Nomad Integrates:
Pubmed (perfect integration)
Google Scholar (integrates at the individual record level)
Web of Science (integrates at the individual record level)
LibKey Nomad Demo:
Setting Up Google Scholar Library Links Video (2:22 min)
Steps to Library Links (for UT Tyler Library and UT Health Science Center) in Google Scholar
1. From Google Scholar, locate & select the triple sideways lines (aka hamburger icon) in the top left of the screen,
2. Locate & select the Settings Menu,
3. Locate & select the Library Links option.
4. Type "University of Texas at Tyler" into the command line and click the blue search button
5. Locate and select (check the check box for) University of Texas at Tyler.
6. Type "University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Full Text @UTHSC Tyler"
7. Locate and select (check the check box for) University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Full Text @UTHSC Tyler
Active UT Tyler or UTHSC Tyler access Links
When activated UT Tyler access links will flag any reference to subscribed content through the Robert R. Muntz Library.
Click the UT Tyler access or Full-Text @UTHSC Tyler link for immediate navigation to the full text.