I am a Pratt Institute MLS student and I have noticed the very same thing,
especially with other HW Wilson databases. Art Full Text is definitely
misleading, as many of the journals returned in search results are not
available in full text  (or any text) at all. Most are available only as
citations.

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Carolyn Waters

On Nov 13, 2007 6:45 AM, Rachel BenEliezer <rachelb@dyellin.ac.il> wrote:

> Dear Librarians,
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> A couple of years ago we purchased the H.W.Wilson Science Fulltext
> database. Lately I have noticed that a number of journals that should
> have so called "full text" (PDF) are missing graphs, pictures and
> tables. So in fact "full text" is not really full text which also means
> that cancelling the print version would be out of the question. How does
> one go about checking which journals are affected? Is it just a random
> check?
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> Is this policy deliberate on the part of the publisher or the
> aggregator? If so why - copyright reasons? or to ensure continued
> revenue through individual subscriptions.
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> I mention Wilson but I think this probably happens with other databases
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> I would be interested to hear your comments.
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> Rachel Ben-Eliezer
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> Serials Librarian and Interlibrary Loan Services
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> David Yellin College of Education Library
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> POB 3578
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> Jerusalem, ISRAEL
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> Tel.: 02-6558180
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> Fax.: 02-6521548
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> E-Mail: rachelb@dyellin.ac.il
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