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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Is there a search tool for finding primary sources in US History?
If I search a tool like JSTOR, ProQuest, or Academic Search Complete, I typically just find secondary sources. Occasionally I can find primary sources there, but only when it is part of a translation ...
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Keyword author comparison
Are there any databases filtering authors and comparing author-level metrics as to a given keyword? In example, can all German authors of articles on derivatives be ranked according to their h-index?
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Original data vs reference data?
A journal asks to upload/link the data and code used in your article. I have a Github repository with data and code. One of the questions in the form is:
Are you linking to original data reported in ...
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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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Is there any single search portal over all open access scholarly materials?
I would like to find a search engine over open access materials of all kinds, but specifically from scholarly publishers.
So to be clear, it could be a specialised encyclopedia or encyclopedia article,...
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Acces to database as guest auditor at another university
For my doctorate (economics) I absolutely need access to a scientific database. The problem is that my university unfortunately does not offer this database in its library.
The database access as well ...
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How do you discover databases?
Is there a database or search engine where I can search for databases on a specific topic? For example, how do librarians decide which databases they will subscribe to; is there some central list?
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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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How to get a random selection of papers based on certain criteria?
What would be a good (easy, quick, replicable) way to get a random selection of, say, 1000 papers (DOIs) based on specific criteria, such as that they ought to have been:
published in journals of a ...
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