What is the difference between a citation, abstract and full text?
Answer
A citation identifies a book, periodical article, or other information resource. It includes the basic information someone would need to find the item, and is used to create the list of references or bibliography in a research paper.
An abstract is a brief summary of a book, periodical, or other resource. If you discover an article, book or book chapter of interest that is not available in our Library in full text, you can request the book or an electronic copy of the book chapter or article through our SUNY Resource Sharing or InterLibrary Loan.
The full-text is the full book or article. This usually refers to the online version of a book or article.
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