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What is a Database? A database is a searchable collection of materials - mostly journal or newspaper articles, but sometimes other types of material such as encyclopaedia entries, market research reports, financial information, etc. The Library subscribes to almost 300 separate databases and each may contain many thousands of individual sources within them. Databases allow students to search for information on a topic by (amongst others) keyword, subject, author, title, and phrase. They are a very efficient way to find relevant information. Most databases allow students to restrict their results to those of higher academic quality, e.g. from peer reviewed or scholarly sources, the contents of which have been written by experts. Full text articles are provided where available, either within the specific database or via the The Library's Information Skills Tutorial will help you identify your keywords, use search operators, truncation / wildcards and much more. |
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