Back to: Comparing Full-Text Searching with Traditional Library Tools

Now that there is full-text of many journals online, some of the traditional journal indexes are now combinations of citation indexes and full-text. In the future, everything will most probably be available in full-text, but this is still in a time of transition. You need to be aware of what is available in full-text and what is available only as citations.

Here is how to tell:
In the Databases page of CSI, there is important information. It tells if there are citations or the full-text of articles.


Some databases provide both citations and full-text.


There is similar information available from the Journals page. Some journals have full-text, but only after a certain amount of time has gone by (called an "embargo"). Here is the record for the Chronicle of Higher Education in Academic Search Premier.



But if we look at the Journals page, we will find that we have access to the latest issues in LexisNexis.


Just because an article is in full-text does not mean that every, single article is in there. Some articles may not be available for specific reasons. Here is an example from Harper's Magazine. Three articles from the Dec. 2006 issue are not available as full-text.



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