Why does EBSCO only show the abstract? What happened to the rest of the article?

Answered By: Kathryn Park

Last Updated: Jul 31, 2019 Views: 1656

Sadly, some publishers choose not to allow the full text of their article through databases, just the abstracts.

If you did not use the full text limit in your search, you may pull up an article for which the full text is unavailable. If you do not see full text on the right hand side of the page then you have retrieved one of these articles.

If you run across one you want, we can ask another library to send it to us. It may take1-2 weeks to get an article like this as it may come through the mail.

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Comments (2)

I have selected full text but am still only finding abstracts, any suggestions?

by Nathan Dean on Nov 07, 2021
I'm sorry @weloverockrol! When this happens it's because the only articles that matched your searched are only available as abstracts online. You could try another database or ask your library to get you the articles you want through interlibrary loan. They most likely can get them for you, the only downside might be the time it takes to get them, but it's worth a shot. Good luck!

by KATHRYN PARK on Nov 09, 2021