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the Library world when you see or hear the term 'database'
or 'Library database' it usually
means bibliographic database. Bibliographic
databases allow you to search for journal
articles and papers relating
to a particular topic which have been published in a range of
journals, reports, conference proceedings and other documents. |
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you are looking for the latest journal articles
which have been published on
'the use of smart cards' you could search
one of the Library databases to get a list of recent
papers published in this area. |
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information that the database will provide includes:
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title and author of
the article |
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link to an abstract which
provides more information about the article |
| Information
about the journal which published
the article. This is called the source
or citation and includes
the journal title, date,
volume, issue
and pages |
| Full
text links to
the actual article
if it is available online |
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are bibliographic databases for most major subject areas. If
you are a chemistry student you will use a different set of
databases than if you are a law student. Before you start using
the databases you will need to identify which databases cover
your subject area. |
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