Quieting the crowd: the clamour for full text

One of the themes of this paper is the clamour for full text. As of today, the three basic models of full text that seemed to be lining up a year ago have become a reality. These are publisher‐supplied full text; third‐party, or aggregator‐supplied full text; and distributed, “linked” full text ‐ in which a bibliographic database provider links to (usually) publisher‐supplied full text. This paper looks at each model in detail, with particular emphasis on the challenges they face.