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How do I access an online journal or publication?

Beginning with the September 2004 issue, the full text of The Reading Teacher and the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy is available online. Selected articles from earlier issues are also available. For Reading Research Quarterly, issues beginning with January 1996 can be found at this website, along with selections from earlier volumes. In addition, samples from Thinking Classroom and Reading Today are freely available. Finally, numerous book chapters can be found here.

This rich online library is located in the Publications area of the site. Simply follow the links to find the journal or other published content in which you are interested.

All users can access journal tables of contents and article abstracts. Access to the full text of an article generally requires a member log in or pay-per-view purchase, though numerous sample articles are freely available to all. See Help With Logging In and Help With Using the Marketplace for more information on access-controlled content.

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