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Searching for Full Text and Print Journal Articles Using Journal Citations
For more information about journal citations go to the Interpreting Citations Tutorial.

  • The Optometry Database, VisionCite, is not full text but many articles indexed in VisionCite may be available full text through Locate Journal Titles or in print in the Barnes Library.
  • Enter the journal title in the box to the right of Title contains all words or click on an alphabet letter to browse by journal title.

Locate Journal Titles provides:
  • A date range for each database containing full text of the journal. Click on the database name (ie. ) for a direct link into the database.
  • Once you have linked to the database, search procedures may vary. Generally, seek the year, volume, and issue number for your citation.
  • Review of optometry
    from 01/15/2000 to present in Academic Search Premier
    from 04/01/2004 to 12/15/2005 in ABI/INFORM Complete
  • A link to the UMSL Libraries' Print Journals -for journals not available full-text but available in print in one of the UM-St. Louis Libraries. Verify that the UM-St. Louis Libraries own the volume/year you need. Record the location (UMS BARNES) and the call number (LB 1050 .R42) to locate the journal on the shelf.
    Optometry (St. Louis, Mo.)
    Look up Article More full text options
    in UMSL Libraries Print Journals  
  • Journals article titles that are not available full text online or in the UM-St. Louis Libraries in print (Sorry, the UMSL Libraries do not own this journal) may be ordered through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) by clicking on the Submit an Interlibrary Loan Request link .

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Accessing Journal Articles While Searching in a Database-

Many journals can be accessed full-text online while searching in a database.
Click
on . (VisionCite does not have full text links.)
ARTICLE Linker provides:
  • Dates included - for full-text
Dates included Go to   Resources
04/01/2004 to 12/15/2005   Journal Academic Search Premier
  • Article - Click on "Article" for the most direct link to full-text
Dates included Go to   Resources
01/15/2000 to present in  Article Journal Academic Search Premier
from 04/01/2004 to 12/15/2005   Journal ABI/INFORM Complete
  • Journal - Click on "Journal" if the "Article" link is not available.
Dates included Go to   Resources
01/01/2001-present   Journal Academic Search Premier
  • When full text is not available, click "Journal" to search the print collection. Verify that the UM-St. Louis Libraries own the volume/year you need. Record the location ( UMS BARNES) and the call number (LB1573 .R28) to locate the journal on the shelf in the Ward E. Barnes Library.
Dates included Go to   Resources
Click "Journal" to search the print collection   Journal UMSL Libraries Print Journals
  • InterLibrary Loan: When Article Linker gives you the message "Sorry, the UMSL Libraries do not own this journal" - click on the Submit an Interlibrary Loan Request link to order the article.

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Optometry Databases

VisionCite-   VisionCite (1984-present) is the Citation index of the Illinois College of Optometry Library. Over 210,000 articles are indexed and 110 periodicals. (VisionCite is not full text.)
Medline (from OVID)   Premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of the biomedical literature.
See the OVID Abstracts Tutorial for the OVID Web Interface for search tips useful when searching any OVID database.
PubMed-   Free access to Medline from the National Library of Medicine.
Dissertation Abstracts 1861-   More than 1.2 million ciations (with abstracts since 1980) to doctoral degree dissertations.
Web of Science 1990-   Web Of Science is comprised of the following segments: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index: Copyright Institute for Scientific Information 2000.
 
See Resources Sorted Alphabetically for a comprehensive list of additional databases.

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