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1) An on-line journal database
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2) What Robert Harris and others call the "Invisible Web" -- internet sites that the normal search engines do not touch. (It is estimated that only 45% of the internet is actually searched by any and all combinations of the hundreds of search engines available.) Harris provides a list of these sites that you may find useful.
3) Paper journal or magazine
Not everything is contained in the on-line databases. There are still a
few serials that ABAC subscribes to that have no electronic
equivalent.
4) From a book -- reference or
otherwise
Check with the librarians. They are familiar with the reference collection
and may be able to quickly locate the likely source.
5) a loving friend or relative
If the "friend" attends another school, the references might be from
materials not found at ABAC.
6) a custom paper mill
These are expensive papers -- they can run up to $15/page, so it is not highly
likely that this is where the paper came from. However if it was,
references cited might not exist at ABAC, citation styles might be not quite
what you discussed in class and the vocabulary might be much more impressive
than what you are used to hearing from your student. If it is an "in
stock" paper, the citations may be older than you might expect to see.
If you have searched the most likely on-line databases and come up empty, it is time to "Google" the paper.
Go to www.google.com
Pick "Advanced Search"
In the search box "Find results with the EXACT phrase" type a phrase from the paper that you see as unique, oddly worded, using a highly technical term or has some other character to it that gives you pause.
No luck with Google? Try Altavista
www.altavista.com
To search phrases , type them within quotes -- "elongated strands of
epithelial cells are often precursors" -- and see what comes up.