Many databases allow you to LIMIT your results to FULL TEXT results. What does this mean? LIMITING your results to FULL TEXT will only return results that have the entire article attached. Some of the results you get otherwise will be a citation and abstract for an article and you will have to use the JOURNAL LOCATOR to see if we have access to the article.
Examples of FULL TEXT options in three databases.
Many times when you have an assignment your professor will ask you to find a SCHOLARY or PEER REVIEWED resource. Unlike magazine or newspaper articles which are written by journalists who may or may not be an expert in the topic they are writing on, scholarly/peer reviewed articles are created by experts in their fields and has been reviewed by others in their field before being approved for publication.
Today's databases make finding SCHOLARLY/PEER REVIEWED articles easy. Most search interfaces give you the option to narrow your search results to SCHOLARLY/PEER REVIEWED articles in either the left or righthand menu.
Examples of SCHOLARLY/PEER REVIEWED LIMITING in three databases.
Many databases allow you to narrow your search results to a specific date or date range. This option is usually found in one of the side bar menus.
Examples of date range LIMITING in three databases.
