Questions tagged [databases]
A database is a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose.
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Copyright status of data extracted from an article
Some colleagues and I have clicked several points from articles of the literature to retrieve the data using a tool like WebPlotDigitizer. I usually try to contact the authors to retrieve the original ...
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APA reference for a search page, a query, or the underlying database: which one and how
A student wants to properly reference a source that is not a typical one as far as I know (and to do it using APA 7 style). She is finding a lot of useful information by means of a query in the search ...
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Alternatives to classify.oclc.org for getting a book's call number?
I need to get the LOC call number of multiple ebooks.
I used to use http://classify.oclc.org/, but now the website doesn't seem to work anymore.
Is there a (freely accessible) platform, database, ...
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Graduated and work as a data analyst. How should I tell coworkers who use my analyses to cite my work?
I completed my PhD in Biomedical Informatics a year ago and now work as a data analyst at an academic research institution. I am the only analyst in my particular department. I've noticed that when ...
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Database of publicly funded research
I am trying to create a database of publicly funded research projects related to the topic of environmental assessments in trade agreements, so that I can map these and do some other analysis. Does ...
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Is there a decentralized database for collecting primary historical records?
Is there a decentralized storage protocol for housing a database of primary records that would be used in historical research, for example, events to have occurred in a certain year, and primary ...
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IPEDS 2020 / 2021 Access database - where to find information about institution name and programs / majors offerred [closed]
Hi I have downloaded the IPEDS 2020 / 2021 Access database - where can I find information about institution name and programs / majors offerred?
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How to know if a paper is reviewed in zbMATH database?
So I wonder how one can differentiate if the work is reviewed or pending in the zbMATH database. In MathSciNet, it is clearly, mentioned if the work is prelim, pending, reviewed or indexed. But in ...
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Can I request access to a database from another university if it is not available at my university?
For my PhD (finance) I need access to a scientific database. The problem is that my university unfortunately does not offer this database in its library. Another university (in the same city even) ...
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How do advanced search options work on Cambridge Core?
I am trying to conduct a publication search on the Cambridge Core database but do not understand how the logical operators and quotation marks work on that site (and even if they do).
Here's an ...
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What are the terms imposed when someone subscribes to an academic database? [closed]
When an institution subscribes to an academic database, what are the specific terms of the agreement about what they can and cannot do with it? For example, what if they allowed anyone to use the ...
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Are US researchers prohibited from sharing journal articles via university-sanctioned cloud resources?
I want to share PDF journal articles with my research team, where the team members are all affiliated with my academic institute, a US-based university. The articles are not necessarily my ...
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How to find mathematicians in a given field?
This is essentially a continuation to my previous question here. In one of the answers, it was proposed that I find people who did active research in the field I wanted to study and contacted them. My ...
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Help finding a research paper published 70 years ago, not able to find it anywhere [duplicate]
Title : Ein zahlentheoretische-logarithmischer Rechenstab
Author : Ivan Paasche
It's written in German and was published in "MNU. Der Mathematische und Naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht" 6, ...
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What if I made a mistake in a paper and now I got a minor revision?
I have received a minor revision after a major revision for a paper.
I discovered that I made a mistake in the calculations. Fixing it will result in changing a lot of the results, but the final ...
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