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  Using Internet as a Research Tool

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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