3. Really—they’re there!
Our databases have both full text articles
and abstracts (summaries) of articles
By selecting the full text option when
you search, all of your search results
will have the entire article available
4. Why isn’t the whole database full text?
• Abstracts help you know what other information
on a topic is available—this is especially useful
for upper level and graduate courses
Available Everything
right now that’s
available
5. EBSCOhost
• To get only full text results, check the box next to
Full Text just below Limit your results
6. Opening an article in EBSCOhost:
On your results Some are PDFs, which you
pages, there will be can download to your
Full Text icons at the computer or print and which
end of each citation look like the page from the
journal
Some are
simply the
text of the Click on
article without HTML Full
the formatting Text or PDF
and can be Full Text to
read in the open the
database or article
printed out
7. Saving a PDF document:
• Once you open a PDF document, you can save it to
your computer and use it any time
• To save it, move your cursor around until you see
the dark oblong menu bar
• Click on the floppy
disk on the left of the
oblong
• Give it a name that
you can recognize
and save it where you
can easily find it Or print your article by
clicking here
8. EBSCOhost includes:
• Academic Search Premier
• Business Source Elite
• CINAHL
• EconLit
• ERIC
• Literary Reference Center Plus
• MLA Directory of Periodicals
• MLA International Bibliography
• PsycARTICLES
• PsycINFO
• PsycBOOKS
• PsycCRITIQUES
9. ProQuest
• To get only full text results, check the box next to
Full text just below Search options
10. Opening an article in ProQuest:
On your results Some are PDFs, which you
pages, there will be can download to your
Full text icons at the computer or print and which
end of each citation look like the page from the
journal
Some are
simply the
text of the Click on
article without Full text or
the formatting Full text -
and can be PDF to
read in the open the
database or article
printed out
11. ProQuest includes:
• ProQuest Central
• ProQuest collections
• ABI/INFORM complete
• Accounting & Tax
• Banking Information Source
• Canadian Newsstand Complete
• CBCA Complete
• Hoover’s Company Profiles
• OxResearch
• Pharmaceutical News Index
12. JSTOR
• JSTOR has all full text articles
• However, JSTOR lists articles that are not in our
library
• UNcheck the box next to Include links to external
content to get the articles in our collection
13. Databases with nothing but full text:
• Credo Reference • Snapshot Series
• Hoover’s Company • Westlaw
Records • World Book
• Mergent Academic
• NewsBank • Films On Demand
• OxResearch (videos)
• Project MUSE • Ebrary (ebooks)
• PubMed Central • EBSCOhost eBook
• Reference USA Collection (ebooks)
14. Decipher our code
• Our database lists show how
much full text is available in
each database
All Full
Text
Some
Full
Text
15. If you have questions or need
assistance, please get in touch
with us!
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