ArticleFirst
-- brief citations to articles from 12,000 magazines and journals;
around 1,000 periodicals are available full text; back to 1990
Years covered 1990-present; updated daily
Subjects covered all subjects, can keyword search within
article titles, authors and periodical names
When best to use have a specific subject likely to be
in the title of an article; will link to full-text if periodical
available full-text in another FirstSearch database
Don't use it for subject heading searches (there are none);
general topics
Selective/comprehensive coverage of subjects selective,
though large
Number of periodicals indexed around 12,000
Full-text available yes, if periodical available full-text
in another FirstSearch database (around 1,000 periodicals)
Off-campus access yes, using your NetID
Database family
FirstSearch
Demo! See ABI-INFORM
for an example of using a FirstSearch database
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