How to Access Full Text Articles and Publications at the ...



How to Access Full Text Articles and Publications at the National Library of Medicine

What can I get in full text?

How can I get full text and who can use it?

What can I do with the full text?

Why didn’t I get full text?

I still don’t get it – who can help me?

What can I get in full text?

There are many resources available for NLM patrons and staff to obtain full text articles, books, and other publications. Links to full text can be found in these resources at NLM:

• NLM A-Z e-Resources

• NLM’s online catalog, LocatorPlus

• The NLM Catalog

• PubMed Central open archive

• PubMed

• EBSCOhost, SCOPUS, ProQuest, and other databases

Is there full text access to all the journals in the NLM collection?

Not all journals in the NLM collection will have electronic links to subscribed or free full text. Check the NLM A-Z e-Resources list or LocatorPlus to identify which journals have available full text articles.

How can I get full text and who can use it?

Get it @ NLM links , NIH Library Full Text Plus links, or publisher or content provider links appear for electronic resources licensed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), and in some cases by the National Institutes of Health Library. Some full text databases may also have PDF or HTML links to full text. These resources are available to NLM staff and anyone using designated computers in the NLM Reading Rooms (Main Reading Room and History of Medicine Reading Rooms).

Searching for online (electronic) publications using:

The NLM A-Z e-Resources List:

Where can I find what years, volumes, or issues specific journals have full text available?

From the NLM Reading Room home page you will find an area marked Electronic Journals to access the NLM A-Z list of electronic or full text journals and resources:

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Search the A-Z list by TITLE. An auto-complete feature can help you find the exact title needed.

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Click on [pic]to obtain access to the title you selected [pic]

The [pic] button provides more details about years or issues available. Journal History is also available in a scrolling window inset:

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Click on the [pic] button or the highlighted journal title to get access, where you will also see journal coverage information:

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If you wish to see what journals contain a specific word or truncated term in their titles, choose to the Title tab and click on the Contains circle and type the term which will auto fill or click on GO to see the results. If you have difficulty finding a journal title with the Title Starts With search use the Contains. This may be helpful when trying to find foreign language journals.

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Can I find a listing of journals by SUBJECT, such as chemistry or veterinary science that has full text content?

Use the SUBJECT tab on the A-Z Journal list to find subject categories such as Agricultural Sciences or Chemistry. Other subjects such as Veterinary Science may be listed as a subcategory of the main subject Agricultural Sciences:

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Click [pic]to retrieve the 81 journals sorted alphabetically and then categorized with Veterinary Science:

The ADVANCED tab allows a variety of other searching journals by any of these choices:

• The Title by starts with, contains, or exact title

• The ISSN number

• Source vendor or publisher

• Broad subject categories

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The CITATIONLINKER tab allows searching more categories such as Article Title words, author, journal name, volume, issue and pagination, PMID (PubMed Identifier and DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to get to the article itself. The amount of information provided will determine if which level of the journal you retrieve: the journal title, volume, issue, or the article itself.

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You can search also by NLM Journal Title Abbreviations but ONLY on the Advanced or CitationLinker tabs and clicking in the Exact title area:

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NLM’s Online Catalog: LocatorPlus:

Search for a publication, such as a journal, i.e. BMJ:

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Choose the correct title needed. The note Internet Link in Record indicates that some text is available online.

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Access points to the full text publication include [pic] or the URL. Note that unlike databases like PubMed, LocatorPlus is providing access to the full text journal, not directly to the articles.

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Click the [pic] button at the bottom of the LocatorPlus record to access a menu that gives more detailed information about and access to the issues that are available electronically.

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LocatorPlus may also list other non-journal full text documents:

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The NLM Catalog:

Access to electronic full text from the NLM Catalog at the title level is via connecting through LocatorPlus. To search the NLM Catalog, click on one of the LocatorPlus links (NLM ID link or [pic] link) to retrieve a LocatorPlus record, and then click on the [pic] button at the bottom of the record:

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From PubMed Central Open Archive:

PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. You can search for a specific journal or for articles in PMC by clicking in the appropriate search box. You can also browse the PMC list of journals.

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On PubMed Central records you will find the following links:

• Abstract

• Full Text which retrieves an HTML document

• PDF document and inclusion of the file size

• Supplementary Materials (figures, tables)

To the right you also find LINKS to the PubMed record and to Cited References in the article. Many people prefer the PDF version because of its appearance and ease in printing without adjusting margins.

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How can I get full text articles from PubMed?

When you find a PubMed record it may have a variety of working icons or links from publishers or providers, PubMed Central, and/or the [pic] link to access full text articles. These are displayed only on the PubMed abstract display format:

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Click on the [pic] or other instruction, such as Download PDF to open a PDF or Portable

If no publisher or [pic] links are showing on the abstract display of a PubMed citation, try searching LocatorPlus for full text access. Some journals in PubMed may not have [pic] links to publisher sites, or the journal may not be indexed in PubMed. NLM may have subscription access in LocatorPlus or in the NLM A-Z List of Electronic Journals.

Document Format which holds the full text article:

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Click on the PDF link to open the full text article. Some producer sites may require you to click on a DOWNLOAD link to open the PDF document.

What can I do with the full text?

(Read, save, print, export, e-mail)

I found the full text article needed. How can I read, save, print, export, or e-mail it?

Alternatively, you can use Adobe Acrobat to view the document’s number of pages, make the text smaller or larger, save the document to a file (plug Flash Drive in on the lower left side of the monitor), or send it to the Reading Room print stations for later printing. The File Print or File Save As feature may also be used instead of the icons below.

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Saving, printing, exporting, and e-mail features also depend on what is allowed by the publisher or provider. E-mailing free articles or PDFs may require the receiver to still have a subscription or be part of an institution with a subscription to open the resulting URL sent. Saving and printing are usually available options. Exporting files or records depends on the database or producer site instructions. Use the MEDLINE display format to be able to export to bibliographic databases like Reference Manager and Endnote. Read the HELP area on other databases for additional instruction, or speak to a Reference Librarian on duty.

From EBSCOhost, SCOPUS, ProQuest, and other Databases

Some databases, such as, CINAHL plus with full text from EBSCOhost also may have additional icons indicating links to full text PDF or HTML documents. You can choose any of the icons provided, but choosing the ones for PDF or HTML documents already displayed may save you additional clicks.

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Databases other than PubMed may have the [pic] button on all the citations. If electronic access is not available search LocatorPlus as instructed to obtain print or microform materials from the closed stacks.

How can I get (full text articles from Scopus, Embase, Web of Science and APA PsychNet)?

Because NLM shares many subscriptions with the NIH Library, you may also find the [pic] icon in databases like SCOPUS, EMBASE, and the WEB OF SCIENCE/WEB OF KNOWLEDGE, APA PsycNet, and some SCIENCE DIRECT content. If you see the Full Text button on SCOPUS near the [pic] this usually signifies full text access to that article. If you do not find full text is available from either button, go to LocatorPlus to see if a print version may be available in the NLM collection.

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How can I get full text articles when I have limited information?

The CitationLinker tab on the E-Resources page allows you to verify or find articles with limited information. Depending on the available information, you may be sent to the journal or issue home page or to the exact article.

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Why didn’t I get full text?

Why didn’t I see a [pic] button or another link for the article I need?

Possible reasons include:

• There is no access available

• NLM does not have a license for access to the title.

Please let the Reference librarians on duty know if you discover that access is available but it does not appear in Get it @ NLM.

Why didn’t I get it when there was a [pic] button or other full text button?

• See the Reference staff for additional assistance to verify full text coverage of journals, to report errors, and to try to find other full text, print, or other formats of the articles. Possible issues you might encounter: You are asked for a User ID and Password.

• You get a different article or resource from the one originally listed.

• You can’t open, save or print the full text document found.

• You are having problems finding the article wanted from journal volumes, issues, or table of contents retrieved.

• You find no full text article is available and need assistance ordering a print copy from the stacks or identifying what other libraries may own the resource.

A full text copy of an article from an electronic resource is not available. How do I request a print copy (if available) from the NLM collection?

Search the LocatorPlus catalog from the Main Reading Room page or from the Get it @ NLM menu page to determine is print or microform versions are available for stack requests.

What do I do when I get an “error 404”, “bad URL”, or “not found” message?

Contact the Reference librarians on duty for assistance.

Possible reasons why the article may be missing:

• If the article is very recent, the database record about the article may appear before the publisher has made the available online. Use the "contact" link on the NLM A-Z E-resources list to confirm the publisher or author may have “embargoed” or withheld permission. Search LocatorPlus to see if the Library has the printed version.

• Links may be out-of-date because a publisher has made changes to its site. Please let us know about any problems that you encounter so that we can correct them.

Will access to the article time out while using the [pic] button?

Your session may time out according to the policies of the database. If you are viewing via a Get it @ NLM window, the database will consider this inactivity. Please be aware of these time constraints, or the database session May close and you will lose your search. Some databases such as OVIDSP time out after 20 minutes of inactivity.

I still don’t get it – who can help me?

Contact the Reference Librarian for further assistance.

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