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DATABASES

Research databases are organized collections of information that can be searched to retrieve bibliographic citations, abstracts, or full text articles. Some major research databases include Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, ERIC, IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, Directory of Open Access Journals, and JSTOR. These databases vary in coverage, access options, discipline, and provider but aim to index scholarly literature, publications, and research across many subject areas.

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DATABASES

Research databases are organized collections of information that can be searched to retrieve bibliographic citations, abstracts, or full text articles. Some major research databases include Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, ERIC, IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, Directory of Open Access Journals, and JSTOR. These databases vary in coverage, access options, discipline, and provider but aim to index scholarly literature, publications, and research across many subject areas.

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RESEARCH DATABASES

RESEARCH DATABASE
• Research databases are organized collections of computerized information or data
such as periodical, articles, books, graphics and multimedia that can be searched to
retrieve information.
• Databases can be general or subject oriented with bibliographic citations, abstracts,
or full text.
• The sources indexed may be written by scholars, professionals or generalists.
• Research databases that are retrieved on the World Wide Web are generally non-fee
based, lack in-depth indexing, and do not index proprietary resources.
• Subscription or commercial databases are more refined with various types of
indexing features, searching capabilities, and help guides.
SCOPUS
• Scopus is one of the two big commercial, bibliographic databases that cover
scholarly literature from almost any discipline. Beside searching for research
articles, Scopus also provides academic journal rankings, author profiles, and
an h-index calculator.
 Coverage: approx. 71 million items
 References: 1.4 billion
 Discipline: Multidisciplinary
 Access options: Limited free preview, full access by institutional subscription
only
 Provider: Elsevier
WEB OF SCIENCE

• Web of Science also known as Web of Knowledge is the second big


bibliographic database. Usually, academic institutions provide either access to
Web of Science or Scopus on their campus network for free.
 Coverage: approx. 100 million items
 References: 1.4 billion
 Discipline: Multidisciplinary
 Access options: institutional subscription only
• Provider: Clarivate (formerly Thomson Reuters)
• PUBMED

• PubMed is the number one resource for anyone looking for literature in medicine
or biological sciences. PubMed stores abstracts and bibliographic details of more
than 30 million papers and provides full text links to the publisher sites or links to
the free PDF on PubMed Central (PMC).
 Coverage: approx. 30 million items
 References: NA
 Discipline: Medicine, Biological Sciences
 Access options: free
 Provider: NIH
• ERIC
• For education sciences, ERIC is the number one destination. ERIC stands for
Education Resources Information Center, and is a database that specifically
hosts education-related literature.
 Coverage: approx. 1.3 million items
 References: NA
 Discipline: Education science
 Access options: free
 Provider: U.S. Department of Education
• IEEE Xplore

• IEEE Xplore is the leading academic database in the field of


engineering and computer science. It's not only journal articles,
but also conference papers, standards and books that can be search
for.
 Coverage: approx. 5 million items
 References: NA
 Discipline: Engineering
 Access options: free
 Provider: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
SCIENCE DIRECT

• ScienceDirect is the gateway to the millions of academic articles


published by Elsevier. 2,500 journals and more than 40,000 e-books
can be searched via a single interface.
• Coverage: approx. 16 million items

 References : NA
 Discipline : Multidisciplinary
 Access options : free
 Provider : Elsevier
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

• The DOAJ is very special academic database since all the articles indexed are
open access and can be accessed freely of charge.
 Coverage: approx. 4.3 million items
 References: NA
 Discipline: Multidisciplinary
 Access options: free
 Provider: DOAJ
• JSTOR

• JSTOR is another great resource to find research papers. Any article published
before 1924 in the United States is available for free and JSTOR also offers
scholarships for independent researchers.
 Coverage: approx. 12 million items
 References: NA
 Discipline: Multidisciplinary
 Access options: free
 Provider: ITHAKA (Paperpile, 2020)
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