Q. How do I relocate articles that I have already found but need to look at again?

There is no one way to do it.

A good first stop would be to search for it in Primo Pathfinder. 

If you remember the database and if you have a complete citation, then it can be pretty simple. For most databases going back to the database and then searching for the article title (if the title is long enough and specific enough) will get you a short list of possible hits.

If you have a good citation but do not remember the database, try Primo again. You can also do a journal search . Find the journal title (not the article title) and then go through our "Find a Journal by Title" feature. Type in the journal title there, click search. Now, you have to look through the available sources and pick one that has that journal title for the date range you need. Often from there you can navigate the journal by date, or click something like a "search within this publication" link and repeat the above advice.

If you have only scattered information (author name, article title) then there are different ways. Here are some tips:

1. Try a Google or Google Scholar search with as much information as you can. The title. Maybe the author (but see #2). The date. Not only do you stand a chance of getting the article as a full text result, but hopefully you'll find a more complete citation, etc, and be able to follow the steps above. Sometimes what this means is you'll find another article that cites the article that you want, but that's ok. That's what the above information was for.
2. Be careful with the author name. Some databases are kind of tricky about how they search it (expecting it to be in a very particular format). Your best bet is probably to use only the last name if at all possible. Double check the spelling, a lot of failed searches I have seen have made relatively minor typos in the author's name and that can make a big difference.