RSC550 Ch 2 - Scientific Databases (LIRN)

Question 1

What is a database?

Answer 1

• Research database - see published work in field of research.
• Detailed records - 1000s journal articles, book references and conference proceedings.
• Usually include article title, authors, abstract and keywords.

Question 2

Why use database?

Answer 2

• Search published scholarly research - wide variety sources/databases.
• Complex search using different search interfaces - need to refine so results relevant to search.
• Large amount of records - comprehensive subject coverage.
• Frequent indexing - recent and up to date.

Question 3

LIRN

Answer 3

Library and Information Resources Network.

Archives, scientific and academic knowledge from multidisciplinary databases.

Papers, magazines, eBooks, PhD thesis & aggregated databases.

90 Electronic resources.
85 databases.

Question 4

How use LIRN?

Answer 4

Refer P4 for details.
using “word” - means all in between “ included.

Question 5

What can you obtain from LIRN?

Answer 5

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