{"id":6824,"date":"2022-03-15T14:20:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T12:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/?page_id=6824"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T07:19:34","slug":"multidisciplinary-databases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/2-module-discipline-specific-information-retrieval\/multidisciplinary-databases\/","title":{"rendered":"Multidisciplinary databases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>There are two major databases, Scopus and Web of Science<\/strong>, which cover all the fields of science. They both are founded on a wide array of scientific publications. Therefore their size is a lot bigger than other databases available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their contents, however, are overlapping. Both databases contain the most important recognised journals, but also include some unique content of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The use of these databases is<\/strong> <strong>based on subscription<\/strong>. UEF library has purchased access to Scopus as a whole and Web of Science from 1975 onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The search possibilities in both databases are diverse<\/strong>, including for instance the use of proximity operators. The bibliometric features, like citation count and the h-index, are important parts of these databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the description of contents, search technical details as well as links to tutorial videos of these databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_052d2edee9cb444bb0317a31ba51cdf6\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-2597\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-2597\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScopus\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-2597\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-2597\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>covers the years: 1788 onwards; the best coverage from 1996 onwards<\/li>\n<li>covers the document types: mainly articles, but also books and book chapters, conference papers and some patent information<\/li>\n<li>uses thesauruses: several, like MeSH, EMTREE medical terms, GEOBASE subject index, Engineering controlled terms, but not systematically<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p>Open the database in a new tab in UEF-Primo: <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911700183705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Scopus database is the largest of the databases available: it contains 90 million records (2023). Over 27 000 serial titles are currently active, and from those 35% represent social sciences and arts &amp; humanities, 27 % physical sciences, 23% health sciences and 15 % life sciences. Read more about Scopus&#8217;s contents and policy from the <a href=\"https:\/\/direct.mit.edu\/qss\/article\/1\/1\/377\/15571\/Scopus-as-a-curated-high-quality-bibliometric-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article by J. Baas et al. (2020) <\/a>(article opens in a new tab).<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/><br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/>Scopus&#8217;s strength is the wide coverage of international and non-English publications along with the core peer-reviewed English-language journals. In addition to Anglo-American science, European and Asian science is also featured.<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/><br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/>Scopus has a user-friendly interface that allows searching phrases either loosely or strictly.<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/><br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/>Scopus&#8217;s weak point is the irregular use of thesauruses and indexing: several thesauruses are used, but not within all records. The thesauruses themselves are not available through Scopus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11910\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11910\" class=\"wp-image-11910\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Scopus_tekn_taulukko.png\" alt=\"Picture of a table of Scopus searching rules. Boolean operators: OR operation executes before AND and NOT. Proximity operator: w\/n, no specific order, and pre\/n, given order. Truncation: as usual; beginning, middle, end. Wildcards: ? replaces one character. Phrase: quotation marks form a loose phrase; an exact phrase that eliminates all variation is done with braces. Stemming and spelling: as usual; also within quotation marks. Search fields to start with: Title-Abstract-Keywords.\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Scopus_tekn_taulukko.png 807w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_Scopus_tekn_taulukko-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search technical specialties in Scopus<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Search query example<\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The topic for this query is a (community&#8217;s) adaptability to social changes caused by climate change.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7379\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7379\" class=\"wp-image-7379\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/04\/MOD2_scopus_query_example.png\" alt=\"A screen capture of Scopus database Document search -form with some hints of using search techniques. Search query is: ((social OR societal OR socio-economic OR socioeconomic) PRE\/3 (change OR transition)) AND (\u201cglobal warming\u201d OR \u201cclimat* change\u201d) AND (vulnerability OR adaptability OR resilienc*). The query is written on three rows so that AND-operators are located between the rows.\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/04\/MOD2_scopus_query_example.png 1525w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/04\/MOD2_scopus_query_example-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Be extra careful with phrases combined with OR-operators: &#8220;global warming&#8221; OR &#8220;climat* change&#8221; is correct; but global warming OR climat* change = global AND (warming OR climat*) AND change.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Video tutorials (links open in new tabs):<\/h3>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Document search &amp; basic functions:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hXeph3fNIrs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Searching with keywords in Scopus<\/a> (3:52)<\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive query model:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mMN7BxA0VAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Searching with Scopus <\/a>(8:37)<\/p>\n<p>Advanced search:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GSMb9lcfvFM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to use advanced search in Scopus<\/a> (3:04)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Tracking citations:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iMiTmxWyOwY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to expand your search in Scopus<\/a> (2:32)<\/p>\n<p>Exporting to other programs, download, bibliography:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SFosVv4bh_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to download and export your search results in Scopus<\/a> (1:49)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Full playlist of Scopus tutorials 2024:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL6MgzyANffP-bBncRk7_jrHJigNDQI7It\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">49 free tutorial videos<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-5798\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-5798\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWeb of Science\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-5798\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-5798\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>covers the years: 1975 onwards in UEF<\/li>\n<li>covers the document types: mainly articles, but also books and conference papers<\/li>\n<li>uses thesauruses: none; only author keywords and automatically generated keywords are available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Open the database in a new tab in UEF-Primo: <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699123705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Web of Science.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Web of Science database contains three discipline-specific collections: Arts &amp; Humanities, Social science and Science citation indexes. The Science citation index also covers health sciences. They can be used together, as a Core collection, or separately. Read more about Web of Science&#8217;s contents and indexing policy from Table 1 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/qss_a_00018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article by C.Birkle et al.<\/a> (2020) (link opens in a new tab).<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there is a possibility to search other databases through Web of Science interface, e.g. ProQuest dissertation and theses.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14239\" style=\"width: 1451px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14239\" class=\"wp-image-14239 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/M2_Wos_hakukohteet.png\" alt=\"A screen capture of selecting a database from Search in -option (on the left) and a sub-database of Web of Science from Editions-option (on the right).\" width=\"1441\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/M2_Wos_hakukohteet.png 1441w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/M2_Wos_hakukohteet-768x247.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1441px) 100vw, 1441px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selection of databases is located on the top of the Document search -tab.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Web of Science&#8217;s strength is the concentration in the most cited publications only.<\/p>\n<p>Web of Science&#8217;s weakness is the somewhat lightweight coverage of other than Anglo-American science.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11940\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11940\" class=\"wp-image-11940\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_WOS_tekn_taulukko.png\" alt=\"Picture of a table of Web of Science searching rules. Boolean operators: as usual. Proximity operator: near\/n, no specific order; near without a number is same as near\/15. Truncation: middle, end; also at beginning in Title and Topic fields. Wildcards: ? replaces one character; $ replaces one or zero character. Phrase: as usual. Stemming and spelling: also inflection of verbs is included. Search fields to start with: Topic = title, keywords, abstract.\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_WOS_tekn_taulukko.png 808w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/08\/M2_WOS_tekn_taulukko-768x339.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search technical specialties in Web of Science.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Search query example<\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The topic of this query is the health effects of a (certain) concentration of mold in indoor air. The query is: <em>(mold* OR mould* OR mildew*) AND indoor AND (concentration OR level) AND (health NEAR\/2 (effect OR impact)).<\/em><br \/>\nClick the orange buttons for more information about the selected search terms. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.widgets.thinglink.com\/accessibility\/1581228293661655041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See accessible version<\/a> of the picture, the link opens into a new tab.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"732.4250681198911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1581228293661655041\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4>Video tutorials:<\/h3>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Search technique:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Ews2LPOY1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Build better searches in Web of Science <\/a>(5.12)<\/p>\n<p>Basic search techniques (featuring the old user interface):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xwhy0JBHlMw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Web of Science search tips<\/a> (5:37)<\/p>\n<p>Advanced search interface and alerts:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a4_PKfrYjsY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Using the advanced search query builder <\/a>(1:43)<\/p>\n<p>Author search:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9cjnZq4atZg&amp;list=PLM1kuGdwRdGmuLNfYwjtj0cqt1tn6jljV&amp;index=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Author searching<\/a> (4:44)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Social sciences, Analysing results, Cited reference search:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tqVDkHxy63s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social sciences in Web of Science<\/a> (3:17)<\/p>\n<p>Arts and humanities:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fQuKJ8tpN9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arts &amp; Humanities in Web of Science<\/a> (2:46)<\/p>\n<p>All official tutorial videos:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/WoSTraining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Web of Science training<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The ProQuest databases can be searched as one database<\/strong>, which makes it the third large, multidisciplinary database. There are several sub-databases and database collections available in ProQuest. These are described under the discipline-specific database pages.<br><br>Open the database in a new tab in UEF-Primo: <a href=\"https:\/\/primo.uef.fi\/permalink\/358FIN_UOEF\/mhajq\/alma9911699233705966&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ProQuest.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comparison of Scopus and Web of Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11192-021-03948-5\">article by Singh et al. (2021)<\/a> for detailed comparison of the journal coverage of these two major databases.<br><br>The article also deals with a third multidisciplinary information source, Dimensions, which offers an open access reference database. Its coverage is competitive with the other two, but the search properties of the free version are limited. Open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimensions.ai\/products\/free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dimensions<\/a> homepage (link opens in a new tab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What about Google Scholar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Where does Google Scholar stand in relation to Scopus and Web of Science? In their paper <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlv.openrepository.com%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F2436%2F621796%2FGoogle%2520scholar%2C%2520web%2520of%2520science.pdf%3Bjsessionid%3DBDFDE18DE460F2A2905B5D24E6ABA9DB%3Fsequence%3D2&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C4dcd28e604344c97a31008da7383cdcb%7C87879f2e73044bf2baf263e7f83f3c34%7C0%7C0%7C637949307181104856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tiD1%2B7Ouij7yWOm9D6tAbfd3bjoxNASifuNDAtkIaQA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Alberto Mart\u00edn-Mart\u00edn et al. (2018)<\/a> compared these three sources according to the capability to find the citing articles of a group of highly cited papers in different fields of science. The results show that Google Scholar could find clearly more citing articles than the other two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This might indicate, that the coverage of Google Scholar as a search engine, too, is better than Scopus or Web of Science. The differences among disciplines were rather big. The biggest overlapping of all three sources was found in natural sciences and the biggest percentage of unique citations in humanities and social sciences. The main reason is, that in natural sciences the citations are mainly peer-reviewed articles, which are the main focus of reference databases like Scopus and Web of Science. In humanities and social sciences, types of publications used is more varied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, there are reasons why Google Scholar should not be the only search engine while performing searches for research literature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>there are some unique materials in Web of Science and Scopus (and other databases), too<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the quality of documents that Google Scholar finds is poor sometimes, since there is no proper curation in selection of sources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>there is no listing of Google Scholar&#8217;s journal coverage available<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>there are a lot of predator journals among Google Scholar search results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>as a search engine, Google Scholar is not very effective: it easily finds some very good results, but is poor for gathering comprehensive information \u2013 at least the selection of all the good results among the whole result list might be very laborious<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>building of a comprehensive query with many multiple terms connected in a complex way is not possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>there are not many handy filters available in Google Scholar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>same articles appear multiple times in the result list<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the repeatability of Google Scholar queries is impossible, since the search result is not affected by the query only, but many other variables, too<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Scholar can thus be recommended for a quick search as a start, when only something (not everything) is needed, and also as a complementary resource for non-peer-reviewed publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_bd5c0fb5cb7a20a8b6ffb94e4614302d\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-3647\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-3647\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tReferences:\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-3647\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-3647\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Baas, J. et al. (2020). Scopus as a curated, high-quality bibliometric data source for academic research in quantitative science studies.<br \/>\nQuantitative Science Studies, 1 (1): 377\u2013386. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/qss_a_00019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/qss_a_00019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Birkle, C., Pendlebury, D. A.,Schnell, J., &amp; Adams, J. (2020). Web of Science as a data source for research on scientific and scholarly activity. Quantitative Science Studies, 1(1),363\u2013376. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/qss_a_00018\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/qss_a_00018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00edn-Mart\u00edn, A. et al. (2018). Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: a systematic comparison of citations in 252 subject categories. Journal of Informetrics, 12(4), 1160-1177.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/J.JOI.2018.09.002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/J.JOI.2018.09.002<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Singh, V.K., Singh, P., Karmakar, M. et al. (2021). The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis. Scientometrics 126, 5113\u20135142. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11192-021-03948-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11192-021-03948-5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(LP 2\/2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrarypostgrad\/2-module-discipline-specific-information-retrieval\/\">Back to the page: 2. Module<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two major databases, Scopus and Web of Science, which cover all the fields of science. 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