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NLM LocatorPlus -- Full Text of Medical Journal Articles

Question: Can I find the full text of medical journal articles in LocatorPlus?
Answer:

LocatorPlus does not include article references or the full text of journal articles. However, a LocatorPlus journal record may include a link to a producer's Web site where you can access full text of articles for free or for a fee to the publisher.

These NLM sites offer more information about accessing full text of journal articles:

PubMed links to full-text of some articles. For information about PubMed, see
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/faq.html

A list of PubMed journals that provide links to full text articles is at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/linkout/journals/jourlists.fcgi?typeid=1&type=journals&operation=Show

See also the FAQ Free Biomedical Literature Resources
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/freehealthlit.html

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Last reviewed: 08 April 2009
Last updated: 17 April 2008
First published: 01 October 2001
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