What is a full-text journal or full-text article?
Many databases will provide only basic citation information for an article. In these cases, you should try to find the full-text article in print in the library, or try to locate the article in another source using the Find It button, or you may place an interlibrary loan for the article using ILLiad. Databases that include full-text articles allow you to read the complete text of the journal or the article online. You will usually have the option of viewing the full-text (complete) article in two formats: html or PDF. The html format includes only the text of the article and therefore usually loads faster than a PDF; however, PDF pages look just like the original paper documents. They retain the graphs, fonts, and margins of the original article, which may be of interest in your research. Can I send a full-text article to my Email address? Yes, you can send full-text articles to your Email address. The procedure involved may slightly differ from database to database, but most of them
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