I found a great abstract from a conference. Now where is the full paper?

There isn't necessarily a full-length published paper for every abstract published or presented at a meeting, so you may have to do some digging.

--Search PubMed/Medline and other relevant journal-article databases; look for articles by the same author(s) with similar titles.

--Check Lane's catalog for the organization name or meeting title; if we have the proceedings volume, the catalog should have a record. Full-length papers may be published in a proceedings volume.

--Search the internet (via Google, Yahoo! etc.) to see if the paper is on the web.

The best alternative, if none of these work out, is to contact the author(s) of the abstract and request a pre-print or copy of the paper.

Contact your Lane liaison or the for additional help.

mtinsley, July 31, 2008