Question

The main difference between the Readers' Guide to Periodicals and resources like EBSCOhost and Expanded Academic ASAP is that

A. the Readers' Guide is a basic index, while the other resources are full databases allowing access to actual articles.
B. researchers can only access the Readers' Guide in a library, while the other resources can be accessed online from anywhere.
C. the Readers' Guide is more universally acceptable in an academic setting than the other indexes.
D. the Readers' Guide is older and more comprehensive than the newer, online indexes.

Answer 1

A. the Readers' Guide is a basic index, while the other resources are full databases allowing access to actual articles.

An index is an alphabetical list of items. In this case, it is a list of all the periodicals published and is sorted by subject. One would use this source if it wanted to know which periodicals are written on the topic of education or psychology. EBSCOhost and Expanded Academic ASAP are full databases that contain the articles within the periodicals. They are easily searchable using keywords or other advanced search conditions.