Full text search results vs index search results

Full text, media and index searches on Informit Search and Informit Data

Informit consists of two different sites: Informit Search for full-text resources and Informit Data for index-and-abstract-only resources. 

When searching on Informit Search, you will find the majority of the results refer to abstracts with the full text PDF, text or video available. 

Full text search

When searching on Informit Data, you will find that the majority of the results are abstract only (with many having links to full text content outside of Informit). 

Data Informit

After searching on Informit Search, any results that are relevant on Informit Data can be accessed by clicking on the “data.informit.org” link on the Results page. 

Navigate to data.informit

You can then edit your search from the Informit Data

 

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