fulltext

fulltext

English

Etymology

From full +‎ text.

Noun

fulltext (countable and uncountable, plural fulltexts)

  1. The complete version of a written work, especially of an academic article.
    The paper's abstract looked promising but accessing the fulltext would have cost me $60 so I didn't end up reading it.
    • 1990, Cynthia Stewart Kaag & Vicki F. Croft, “Online Fulltext Article Retrieval”, in Technical Services Quarterly, volume 7, number 2, →DOI, page 36:
      Library users see online fulltext retrieval as innovative and an exciting use of technology.
    • 2022, Federica Di Spirito, Alfredo Iandolo, Alessandra Amato, Mario Caggiano, Annunziata Raimondo, Serena Lembo, & Stefano Martina, “Prevalence, Features and Degree of Association of Oral Lesions in COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews”, in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, volume 19, number 12, →DOI, page 7486:
      The fulltexts of potentially relevant papers and ambiguous abstracts were independently reviewed by the same authors (F.D.S. and A.I.), who solved disagreements through discussion and consensus, by involving a third author (S.M.) if necessary.