Vocabulary from October 22
- Database: A system that organizes and arranges data into fields and provides the means to sort, group, and retrieve information from those fields. The Library Catalog is a type of database. Many of our other indexes and databases are electronic versions of print indexes.
- Citation Databases : contain only the citations of journal articles, citations consist of the title of the article; its author; the name of the journal; the volume number; the issue number; date; and page number of the article, once you have a citation, to obtain the full text you need to see if the journal is held in the Library, either as a print journal or as an e-journal in another library database, Examples: INFORMIT databases; COMPENDEX Engineering Village 2; Web of Science
- Citation and Abstract Databases : citation databases often supply an abstract (a brief summary) of the article; A short, non-evaluative description of the contents of a book, an article, or another library resource. Abstracts often appear with citations in online indexes and databases. Abstracts are summaries provided by the author or database publisher.
- full text databases : These contain the complete journal or newspaper article (ie: the full text). Examples: EBSCOHost: Academic Search Premier; FACTIVA
Sources:
Davidson College’s Library Jargon, http://www.davidson.edu/administrative/library/refer/jargon.asp, 2007.
University of Southern Queensland, http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/ehelp/databases/default.htm, 2007.
