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A| ARL Spec Kits | http://publications.arl.org/SPEC_Kits
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I| Informed Librarian Online (ILO) | https://www.informedlibrarian.com/
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L| Library & Information Science Source (EBSCO) | https://www.ebscohost.com/public/subjects/category/library-information-science
Library & Information Sciences Abstracts (LISA) | http://www.proquest.com/products-services/lisa-set-c.html
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Database use in libraries I presume many of you are familiar with paid library databases such as
ABI/Inform - Business
Academic Search - General (Multidisciplinary)
JSTOR General - (Multidisciplinary)
LEXISNEXIS - Academic News
PsycINFO - Psychology
PubMed/Medline - Medicine
ScienceDirect - Science (Multidisciplinary)
Scopus - General (Multidisciplinary)
Web of Science - General (Multidisciplinary)
The comprehensive list of purchase-able databases is too large to list here. I also presume you are aware of at least some of the public resources available such as those listed below. If not, these you may want to puruse as they are open access (free and accessible to all):
CORE (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - CORE (COnnecting REpositories) aggregrates all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide.
OAISTER (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - OAIster is a union catalog of over 30 million records representing open access resources.
INTERNET ARCHIVE EBOOKS AND TEXTS (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - Provides online access to the full text of public domain and out-of-copyright books reproduced either from the texts produced by libraries, other organizations, or individuals.
GOOGLE SCHOLAR (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, patents, case laws, and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
SPRINGEROPEN (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - SpringerOpen is a collection of open access journals from multiple disciplines.
ELSEVIER OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - Elsevier Open access journals provide free access articles from multiple subject areas.
WILEY OPEN ACCESS (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - Wiley Open Access journals contain articles across multiple research areas.
TAYLOR & FRANCIS OPEN JOURNALS (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - Taylor & Francis Open Journals is a collection of open access journals from multiple disciplines.
DOAJ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. which are used for article and materials searching.
However, the focus of this class will be on the design and development of databases for use in management, operations, or forecasting of libraries or library services.