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  2. List of academic databases and search engines - Wikipedia

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    The main academic full-text databases are open archives or link-resolution services, although others operate under different models such as mirroring or hybrid publishers. Such services typically provide access to full text and full-text search, but also metadata about items for which no full text is available.

  3. Scopus - Wikipedia

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    e. CiteScore (CS) of an academic journal is a measure reflecting the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is produced by Ebsco, based on the citations recorded in the Scopus database. Absolute rankings and percentile ranks are also reported for each journal in a given subject area.

  4. Subject indexing - Wikipedia

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    Subject indexing is the act of describing or classifying a document by index terms, keywords, or other symbols in order to indicate what different documents are about, to summarize their contents or to increase findability. In other words, it is about identifying and describing the subject of documents. Indexes are constructed, separately, on ...

  5. Bibliographic database - Wikipedia

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    Bibliographic database. A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records. This is an organised online collection of references to published written works like journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, patents and books. In contrast to library catalogue entries, a majority ...

  6. Glossary of library and information science - Wikipedia

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    A list of writings related to a specific subject, writings by a specific author, or writings used in producing a specific text. Bibliographic database Is a computer based list of library resources. Typically each record contains the call number, author, title, publishing information, and other card catalog information.

  7. Help:Find sources - Wikipedia

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    Editors can apply for access to databases, request specific sources, or request help with research. Bibliographies on a topic outline the main scholarly sources in a subject area and provide a good starting point, where they are available.

  8. Cataloging (library science) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In library and information science, cataloging ( US) or cataloguing ( UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources, typically through the creation ...

  9. Faceted classification - Wikipedia

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    Faceted classification. A faceted classification is a classification scheme used in organizing knowledge into a systematic order. A faceted classification uses semantic categories, either general or subject-specific, that are combined to create the full classification entry. Many library classification systems use a combination of a fixed ...