Fine Print

Online databases like Ebsco’s Academic Search Complete help you keep on top of the technical literature in your area of interest. Here are a couple of tips to help you use Ebsco’s databases more effectively.

1) The Publications Tab. If you are particularly interested in a specific journal and want to find out if the Ebsco database includes it, click the Publications Tab. Then select the “Match Any Words” option and type a keyword of the journal title into the BROWSE box. For example, if the journal you are looking for has the word CATALYSIS in its title, type that into the search box and click the BROWSE button.

The resulting list looks something like this …

Applied Catalysis A: General
Bibliographic Records: 01/10/2002 to present

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Bibliographic Records: 01/10/2002 to present

Catalysis Communications
Bibliographic Records: 01/01/2002 to present

Catalysis Letters
Bibliographic Records: 01/01/2003 to present; Full Text: 01/01/2003 to present (with a 12 Month delay)
*Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
PDF Full Text

Catalysis Reviews: Science & Engineering
Bibliographic Records: 08/01/1998 to present; Full Text: 08/01/1998 to present (with a 18 Month delay)
*Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
PDF Full Text

Catalysis Surveys from Asia
Bibliographic Records: 06/01/2007 to present

Catalysis Today
Bibliographic Records: 01/15/2002 to present

Journal of Catalysis
Bibliographic Records: 01/01/2002 to present

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemistry
Bibliographic Records: 02/18/2002 to present

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic
Bibliographic Records: 02/18/2002 to present

Kinetics & Catalysis
Bibliographic Records: 01/01/2003 to present; Full Text: 01/01/2003 to present (with a 12 Month delay)
*Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
PDF Full Text

Topics in Catalysis
Bibliographic Records: 01/01/2003 to present; Full Text: 01/01/2003 to present (with a 12 Month delay)
*Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
PDF Full Text

2) Read the fine print: Ebsco’s databases contain a combination of full text and non-full text resources. In the list above, for example, the Journal of Catalysis is represented only by Bibliographic Records, whereas Topics in Catalysis is represented both by Bibliographic Records AND by Full Text.

3) Note the dates: even when a journal is represented, the date range may not be sufficient for your needs. What’s more, many publishers allow inclusion of their journals on condition that the most recent issues are not included … the so-called “embargo” mentioned in a couple of the entries in the list above. So if it is important to you to be right up to the minute with a particular journal, you will need to find another source.