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Full Text Availability Indicators - Explanation

Establishing exactly whether digital resources are available to particular users is not always a straightforward task. To help provide an indication of the likely availability of resources, all collections cross-searched by this service are given Full Text Availability Indicators . These indicators use a ‘traffic light' metaphor to attempt to categorise the resource availability of included collections;

GREEN – Resource is freely available online in all, most or some cases.

AMBER – Resource may be available online.

RED – Resource is not available online.

GREY - Resource availability online is unknown.

Note that the indicators are provided only as an indicative guide and true availability is dependent upon a multitude of local and national factors.

A full breakdown of the indicators used is provided below;

Freely Available Online -
Collection provides full text of all, or most, resources freely available online. The vast majority of resources in this collection are freely available online to all.

Examples of collections which fall into this category include;

• Australian Digital Thesis (ADT)
• Aeronautical Research Council (ARC) Technical Reports
• Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (ARROW)
• arXiv
• Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory Technical Reports
• Citeseer
• CSA Discovery Guides
• DIVA
• DLNET (n.b. not currently in TechXtra)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• DSpace MIT
• ePrintsUK (n.b. not currently in TechXtra)
• Higher Education Academy Joint Engineering/Materials Subject Centre Resource Database
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
• National Engineering Education Delivery System (NEEDS)
• OneStep News
• OneStep Jobs
• Open Video Project

Partial Collection Freely Available Online -
Collection provides full text of a substantive part of its resources freely available online. Part of the collection may not be freely available online. Some of the collections which fall into this category are ‘catalogues' which describe third party resources. Although the majority of resources described in these ‘catalogues' are freely available online, some may point to resources which have access restrictions.

Examples of collections which fall into this category include;

• Geotechnical, Rock and Water Resources Library (GROW)
• Intute
• SearchLT
• NASA Technical Reports
• NACA Technical Reports

Via Subscription/Pay Per View -
Collection provides resources which are directly available online, but full text is only available via subscription or pay per view. Before paying for access it is advisable to check subscription status with your local institution.

Examples of collections which fall into this category include;

• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)
• Emerald Engineering
• Euclid
• GRADE (n.b. not in TechXtra)
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Virtual Library
• Inderscience Journals
• Institute of Physics (IoP) Electronic Journals
• JORUM

Not Directly Available Online -
Collection provides details of resources for which the full text is generally not directly available online. The resource may be available locally in hard copy, via interlibrary loan or via online purchasing.

Examples of collections which fall into this category include;

• COPAC
• Pearson Education

Availablity Online Unknown -
Insufficient information is currently available from this collection to accurately gauge full text availability. Check availability with your local institution. The full text may be available locally in hard copy, via interlibrary loan or via online purchasing.

Examples of collections which fall into this category include;

• Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAM)

 

 

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