Which databases are most used, are there other databases?
PubMed
Web of Science
PsycInfo
Cochrane Library
Google Scholar
Science direct
Medscape
Nice question, thanks....
By logic it depends on my field of knowledge as a mechanical engineer, so the ASTM is very close to me...
Emad
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Emad Kamil Hussein
Thanks for the answer, and for sharing the knowledge.
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A straight forward answer will be;
- JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/)
- ScienceDirect (https://www.sciencedirect.com/)
Reason:
These two are by far the most convenient databases that have made my journey of research quite effective since I did not need any other complex databases like 'Web of Science' and others.
Among these two, I love ScienceDirect more. The user-friendly theme of the database and the relevancy of the searched data is off the charts.
hi
I Think it depends upon the perspective...objective...goal and purpose...being in agriculture and horticulture field...we opt for
AGRICOLA.....CAB Abstracts...CAB reviews..CSIRO publishing journals... AGRIS (FAO version) AOAC and many more.....
Scopus as it covers scholarly literature from almost any discipline with its coverage of approx. 71 million items and 1.4 billion references.
Dear Dheyaa Falih Bannay
Scopus and WOS are the most important indexing database.
Every database has it's own importance. I would say that if you have a full access to those non-free databases, then you will definitely stick to them, as they provide more reliable information than the free ones. On the other hand, the free databases are easy to deal with and always in handy.
PUBMED indexed journals but nowadays universities are also preferring web of science database.
Truly speaking researchers usually follow that database which is accepted/recognised by their universities or work place. I prefer PUBMED indexed journals
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