Periodical
Abstracts -- full text articles from around 1,000 titles,
with another 1,000 citation-only
Years covered 1987-present; updated weekly
Subjects covered all subjects from academic and popular
magazines and a few newspapers, and selected radio/tv transcripts
When best to use looking for some recent articles on any
subject, or just need an article on a subject quickly
Don't use it for comprehensive searches on a subject
Selective/comprehensive coverage of subjects selective,
though large
Number of periodicals indexed around 2,000
Full text available yes, for 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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