Example reference: M. Beard, "Cicero and Divination: the Formation of a Latin Discourse" JRS 76 (1986), 33–46.

You can locate the article in one of three ways:

• Use MultiSearch and enter the title of the article AND (optionally) the author's family name into the search box (e.g., beard cicero and divination the formation of a latin discourse):
  (“Content providers” filter selected for providers more relevant to Classics)
   
  Guide to finding scholarly articles with MultiSearch


• Use the Classics Journals A–Z
  • Electronic journal links indicate the date range included.
  • For print journals, click the link to the library catalogue record. Details about what years and volumes we have is shown in the Holdings tab.
  • Sometimes the titles of journals in Classics references are abbreviated. The list of abbreviations provides the full titles.
  • Example: JRS is the abbreviation for the title of the journal → look up JRS on the list of abbreviations = The Journal of Roman Studies → click the "Holdings at UC Library" link → scroll down to this journal in Classics Journals A–Z → click the electronic journal link for JSTOR, as it includes the 1986 volume →
    Drill down to the volume in JSTOR → Articles are listed in page number order in the table of contents, and the article is the fifth article
  • Classics Journals A–Z does not list every Classics journal held by the Library. Some journals are only findable using the Library catalogue.
     
• Use L’Année philologique and enter the title of the article AND (optionally) the author's family name into the search boxes.
  • Example search:
    All fields: cicero and divination the formation of a latin discourse Author: beard
  • "External Links" provide access to the full text if available.
  • If no "External Links" section appears, you should search for the publication as outlined in the next section.
  • when you have finished searching L’Année philologique.
     
• Search for the journal that holds the article. You have to search separately for journals accessible online and journals in print/hardcopy format.
  
  Electronic Journal Search:
  Journals only
  
  Library catalogue for journals in print: choose the search option Browse Alphabetically: By Title from the drop-down. Enter the full title of the journal into the search box.
   
  • Sometimes the titles of journals in Classics references are abbreviated, making them hard to search. The list of abbreviations provides the full titles that should be used when using the Electronic Journal Search or the library catalogue.
  • Check what years and volumes we have:
    • Electronic: see the link or links under “Full Text Access”.
    • Print: see the details in the Holdings tab.
  • Example: JRS is the abbreviation for the title of the journal → look up JRS on the list of abbreviations = The Journal of Roman Studies →
    In the Electronic Journal Search enter the search journal of roman studies
    → Click the JSTOR link under “Full Text Access” (the 1986 volume is within the date range)
    → Drill down to the volume in JSTOR
    → Articles are listed in page number order in the table of contents, and the article is the fifth article.