Accessing Journals in Electronic Full Text

Jennifer Lyon, MS, MLIS

Eskind Biomedical Library

Last Updated: 02/18/10

Starting From PubMed

Some links to full text are available from PubMed. After doing search, select the “Abstract” Display setting and click Apply.

Pub-Med Full-Text Links (2)

Multiple buttons available Publisher button – May/May not be free PubMed Central button – Free to anyone Online @ Vanderbilt button – Free to VUMC Local Print button - May be here in hard copy

PubMed Full-Text Links

Does not include links to all VUMC-available full-text journals

Does contain some links provided by the publisher who wants you to purchase the articles

Occasionally will not work properly

BOTTOM LINE: Do not assume we don’t have it if you can’t link from PubMed

OVID Full-Text Links

Some links to full text are available from OVID.

Look for: PDF Full Text or OVID Full Text

But…

OVID Full Text

Does not include links to all VUMC-available full-text journals

Not all articles are available in pdf format; some are only available in HTML or ASCII text

BOTTOM LINE: Do not assume we don’t have it if you can’t get the full text in OVID

How to Get Full-Text

EBL Digital Library ACORN Worldcat Document Delivery Service

EBL Digital Library

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/diglib Contains all electronic journals that EBL provides, but does not

contain information on print collection Does not contain all electronic journals provided by other Vanderbilt

libraries Handles some journal abbreviations, but not all: search with full

journal titles Browse journals alphabetically by title, subject or collection May contain trial subscriptions for journals EBL is considering

purchasing; some may be outdated Will supply username and password for journal if required by

publisher – ONLY source of this information

Note: Finding journal full titles

Use PubMed’s journal database

PubMed Journals Database

Search with abbreviation to find full journal title Note: ONLY includes journals in PubMed

Alternative Sources for Full Journal Titles

Ulrichs

http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/ WorldCat

http://www.worldcat.org/

ACORNhttp://acorn.library.vanderbilt.edu

Search ACORN for Journal

Type in journal abbreviation or name

SELECT “periodical title begins with” from dropdown menu

Click Search button

About ACORN

Contains full collections of ALL Vanderbilt Libraries (EBL, Science, Central, Education, Law, Management, etc.)

Contains BOTH electronic and print journals Usually accepts journal abbreviations

‘Periodical Title Begins With’ search provides alphabetic list of available journals that begin with your query: Select and click on the title you want.

Results show records for BOTH print and electronic versions IF available

Print = “shelved by title” – click on details Electronic = “available online” – click on “VU Finder” button

VU Finder

Displays all electronic access sources for the journal

Note the availability, which varies depending on source

A journal may be available from multiple sources

Click on the “Go” buttons to access the journal

Problems in ACORN

Multiple libraries and librarians entering records, so can be redundant or have mistakes

Not all journals can be found using abbreviation: if abbreviation doesn’t work, try full journal title

If something looks wrong or isn’t working: CALL Eskind at 6-1410

Example:Jt Comm J Qual Improv

Search for this in digital library with abbreviation – is not found

Find full title in PubMed Journals:

Joint Commision Journal on Quality Improvement Search Digital Library and ACORN with full title:

journal is available in EBL in print from mid-1993 to 2002.

Example: J Accid Emerg Med

Some journals undergo name changes!!!!

J ACCID EMERG MED = EMERG MED J

Search digital library with ‘J Accid Emerg Med’:

Search digital library with ‘Emerg Med J’:

Journal Name Changes: PubMed’s Journal Database

Also Note:

If a login required by journal publisher, that information is ONLY available in the digital library, not ACORN

Some journals only give us certain date ranges or may be missing some years

If it looks strange or you think you should have access and don’t – CALL US!

Who In The World Does Have It?

“Worldcat” - http://www.worldcat.org/ Collection information for many libraries combined

WorldCat Example: Journal of Asthma

Last Resort:Document Delivery

About Document Delivery

Order via EBL’s Document Delivery service NOT the ACORN service

It is free to you if the journal is not available at any Vanderbilt library in print or electronic form

EBL picks up the cost, so don’t abuse

If you really get stuck…

Call Eskind 6-1410 Submit questions with AskELIS

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/biolib/elis/

Call me 6-5787 Email me: jennifer.lyon@vanderbilt.edu