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Video Link: How to find an abstract
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Visual: Library Home Page Narration: Accessing the abstract for an article can vary depending on the brand of database you are using. But basically clicking on either the article title or a link labeled “abstract” are the two ways to access the abstract.
Visual: EBSCOhost results page Narration: For example, when you’re using one of the EBSCOhost databases, you can reach the abstract by clicking on the article title.
Visual: Citation and abstract page for an article in an EBSCOhost database Narration: Just scroll down to locate the one paragraph abstract.
Visual: ScienceDirect results page Narration: Similar to the EBSCOhost databases, in ScienceDirect just click on the link to the article to get to a page that includes the abstract. And again you might need to scroll down somewhat to view the abstract.
Visual: ScienceDirect article display page Narration: And again you might need to scroll down somewhat to view the abstract.
Visual: ProQuest results page Narration: In any of the ProQuest databases you just need to locate the link labeled Citation/Abstract which can be found next to the full text links.
Visual: Sage results page Narration: Sage is similar to ProQuest. Just look for the Abstract link next to the links to access the full text.
Created August 2012 by Walden University Library
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