Browsing & Searching for OFP Articles April 2017 Examples on APA PsycNET ® , EBSCOhost, Ovid, and ProQuest
Browsing & Searching for OFP Articles
April 2017
Examples on APA PsycNET®, EBSCOhost, Ovid, and ProQuest
Browsing & Searching for OFP Articles
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FAQs about OFPs
• Online First Publications, or “OFPs,” are articles published online ahead of their journal issue.
• Most scholarly journals release new issues once every month or once every quarter.
• Many researchers and publishers want to share their content quickly, rather than wait for the rest of the issue to be ready to publish.
• The OFP will reach “full publication” status later, when it is assigned a particular issue and page numbers.
What is an OFP?
There are few things to look for to determine if an article is an OFP.
• the Publication Type will say “First Posting” instead of just “Journal Article”
• there will be no HTML full text, just the PDF full text
• the citation will not have volume, issue, or page numbers
The following fields are missing in OFPs:
• Cited References • Index Terms • Author Affiliation• Methodology• Grant/Sponsorship• Tests & Measures
The OFP record includes all the information you need to use & cite it.
Is an OFP record different?
APA PsycNET® OFPs
OFP document type is First Posting
OFP citation has no pagination
Regular articles have links to Full-
text HTML and References
Search Results Page
APA PsycNET®
OFP record includes Publication
Type “First Posting”
OFP record doesn’t have Index
Terms
Fields in the Record
APA PsycNET®
Browsing for OFPs
APA PsycNET®
Select Browse from the top
menu, and click on your
desired journal title
Browsing for OFPs, cont.
APA PsycNET®
OFP articles are placed in a
special Online First Publication
section, while regular articles are
grouped by issue number
Click on any section to view a list
of full-text records
EBSCOhost OFPs
Regular articles have links to
HTML Full Text
Search Results Page
EBSCOhost
OFP (left) has date in
Source field in place of
page numbers
OFP has no Subjects
OFP Publication
Status is “Online First
Posting”
Regular article (right)
includes volume, issue
& page numbers, and
References
Fields in the Record
EBSCOhost
Browsing for OFPs
EBSCOhost
Select Publications from the top
menu, and click on your desired journal
title
OFP articles are organized by
date released, while regular
articles are grouped by issue
number
Click on any section to view a
list of full-text records
Browsing for OFPs, cont.
EBSCOhost
Ovid OFPs
OFP has Status “Publish Ahead
of Print”
Search Results Page
Ovid
Regular article has issue & page
numbers in the Source, and
References below
Fields in the Record
Ovid
OFP has Status “Publish Ahead of
Print” and Document Type “PDF
only”
Select Journals from the top menu,
and click on your desired journal title
Browsing for OFPs
Ovid
OFP articles are placed in a
special Publish Ahead of Print
section, while regular articles are
grouped by issue number
Click on any section to view a list
of full-text records
Browsing for OFPs, cont.
Ovid
ProQuest OFPs
OFP has a date in the citation, in
place of issue and page numbers
Regular articles have links to
References and Full text (HTML)
Search Results Page
ProQuest
Regular article (above) has tabs
for Full text (html) and
References
OFP (right) has a date instead of
page numbers in the citation, and
no Subjects
Fields in the Record
ProQuest
Select Publications from the
top menu, and click on your
desired journal title
Browsing for OFPs
ProQuest
OFP articles are organized by date
released, while regular articles are grouped
by issue number
Click on any section to view a list of full-text
records
Browsing for OFPs, cont.
ProQuest
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