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 pages, Some are PDFs, which you can
there will be Full Text download to your computer or
icons at the end of each print and which look like the
citation page from the journal
Some are
simply the text
of the article Click on
without the HTML Full
formatting and Text or
can be read in PDF Full
the database Text to
or printed out open the
article
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 pages, Some are PDFs, which you can
there will be Full text download to your computer or
icons at the end of each print and which look like the
citation page from the journal
Some are
simply the text
of the article Click on Full
without the text or Full
formatting and text - PDF
can be read in to open the
the database article
or 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!
Email library@ashford.edu
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