Other sites are included because they provide online access to serials and databases. Varying degrees of access to online journals is provided. Providing researchers with the option of accessing online publications can be beneficial to the organization by decreasing the demand on limited computer laboratory facilities. Online access to professional journals does have several limitations. Availability using online access to professional journals is not uniform.
Some publications provide full text and some provide tables of contents and abstracts.
Along this same line, not all features of the print journal are available online. An article might be listed in the table of contents, but the full text may not be accessible. Most online publications extend back only to 1995 thus providing researchers with a limited archive. These and other issues represent the limitations of online access with which researchers will become familiar as they develop their online research skills. As online access to professional journals becomes more ubiquitous, some of these issues will be resolved while others emerge to take their place.