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You are searching an electronic article index that contains citations to journal articles. What part of each article does the database contain?

  1. the whole article

  2. a summary of the article

  3. the title of the article

  4. the author, title and source of the article
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Electronic article indexes (bibliographic databases) contain citations, not full text. A citation includes the author, title, source (journal name, volume, issue, page numbers, date), and sometimes an abstract/summary. The database does NOT contain the whole article (that would be full-text) or just the title or summary alone - it contains the complete bibliographic citation.

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