Topic 1 Introduction to Internet Resources
Categories Subjects Purpose Search Facilities Search Strategy
Databases
- A collection of actual data or information stored
- Search engines do not index information stored in a database
- Many are maintained by government agencies and non-profit
organizations
- Contain articles, abstracts and citations, census data,
patents, etc.
- Give reliable, up-to-date information
- Types
- Bibliographic, includes citations
- Full-text, includes entire text
- Proprietary and Free
Databases Features
- Supports Boolean operators, phrase and proximity searches
- Advanced search allows limitation to particular fields, e.g. years, language, etc.
- Allows truncation
To use subscribed databases, access TP digital library http://www.tp.edu.sg/
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