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Are so-called “full-text” databases really 100 percent full-text?

April 26, 2017databases full-text so-called

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Are so-called “full-text” databases really 100 percent full-text?

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Not always. In many cases, only a percentage of the magazines and journals are covered in their entirety. Many databases are also selective in the articles they reproduce from a magazine or journal. They may only provide the feature articles and may omit less important articles or columns.