Whats the difference between a citation, an abstract, full text and full image?
A citation is just the basic publication information about an article or book: titles, authors, dates and places of publication, page numbers… . All of our databases provide citations, but many include more value-added features. For example, many citations also have abstracts, or summaries of the item. A growing number of our databases also provide full-text access. This means that you can also view the text of the article, usually with graphs and other visuals that appeared in the original. Citations with full image allow you to view a digitally-scanned image of the item, exactly as it appeared in the original print publication. You will often need Adobe Acrobat Reader or another plug-in to view in “full image”. Remember: You can learn a lot about an article just by carefully reading a citation and abstract: author affiliation, publication dates, quality of the study, and size of the article can all be found in a citation and abstract. A careful reading can help you decide whether y
