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Full text information
In resources with full text information, you can read and search through complete publications. This allows you to quickly determine whether a publication is relevant or not. Research articles or texts on which a great deal of time and money was spent are usually not freely available. However, there are a growing number of exceptions to this. See Nice to know: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
The HvA has subscribed to a large number of databases. Full text articles can be found in databases such as Business Source Premier and LexisNexis. There are also databases which allow you to read entire books (eBooks), such as eBook Collection EBSCOhost.
Bibliographic information
Bibliographic resources contain information on publications, such as:
- title
- author
- publisher
- year of publication
- reference to the place it can be found
- summary
It is worthwhile to check this information as the place where you can find the full text version is often specified – for example in a library. Always first check whether a database contains full text information, only bibliographic information or both.
An example of a resource containing bibliographic information is a catalogue, , such as the HvA catalogus or PiCarta. These contain references to publications and information on where they can be found. In some cases, the HvA catalogue will direct link to a full text file, for example an eBook or a PDF file.
