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Using Databases


What is a database?


What is the Library Portal?


Who can use the Murdoch Library databases?


When should you use the databases?


Where can you access databases?

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Do you need passwords to access the databases?

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Which databases should you use?

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What are full text databases?

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Are all databases full text?

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In what format do full text articles appear?

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What if a database does not include full text articles?

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Why can you not access some recent articles in full text databases?

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What are "scholarly", "refereed" or "peer-reviewed" publications?

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What is 'search logic'?

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Searching databases with keywords

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Using AND OR NOT

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Truncation and wildcards

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Refining your search

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Other database features

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Using EndNote with databases

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