We currently do not subscribe to an electronic database that provides full-text
access to the Wall Street Journal. Databases like Business Source Complete,
Lexis-Nexis, etc., provide access to abstracts only. (i.e., a brief description
of the actual article)

The confusing part is that some of our databases will contain abstracts from the
Western Edition.  Seeing this, students and faculty often think that the
article they are looking for will not be in our Eastern Edition print or
microfilm holdings.

However, often this is not true. The majority of feature articles, opinion
pieces, etc., are the same no matter which edition you are reading. The only
thing our Eastern Edition may not have is a story or information that is specific
to the Western half of the country.

So, before submitting an Interlibrary Loan request for Wall Street Journal articles be sure to 1) Read the
abstract with care and 2) Check our print and microfilm holdings to see if the
article you seek is there. More often than not it is.