They index a range of scholarly journals from different publishers, educational institutions and public and private research organisations. They allow searching in a variety of ways and are the most appropriate tools for finding scientific articles on a particular topic or subject.
Databases
Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary databases are information resources that cover many areas of knowledge and provide relevant content for different scientific and academic disciplines. These databases include scholarly journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports and other types of publications in multiple fields, allowing researchers from different disciplines to access information from a single search platform.
Annual Reviews | Annual Reviews is a not-for-profit publisher of 51 English-language review series in specific disciplines of the natural and social sciences. Subscription: via b-on |
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Coimbra University Press | Coimbra University Press (CUP) is the publishing house of the University of Coimbra, responsible for the publication and distribution of academic and scientific books. CUP publishes works in the most diverse fields of knowledge, including the humanities, social and cultural sciences, and health sciences. |
Emerald | Emerald is an international publisher known primarily for the production of academic and research resources in the fields of management, economics, social sciences, library science and education, among others. |
Nature | Nature is one of the world's most respected and influential scientific journals, with peer-reviewed articles in all areas of science. It publishes original research, review articles and news on the latest advances in scientific disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, health sciences, environmental sciences, engineering and more. |
Oxford University Press | Oxford University Press (OUP) is the University Press of the University of Oxford, one of the world's most prestigious academic institutions, and one of the largest and oldest university presses, with a wide range of publications covering many areas of knowledge. |
Sage Premier | Sage Premier is a collection of scholarly journals from SAGE Publishing and is renowned for its wide range of publications in social sciences, health sciences, humanities, education, psychology, political sciences, management, and more. |
ScienceDirect | ScienceDirect is the world's leading source of scholarly research, providing access to approximately 2,500 scholarly journals. The journals are grouped into four main areas: Physical Sciences & Engineering, Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences & Humanities. |
Springer | Springer is a renowned global publisher specialising in academic and scientific publications in various fields of knowledge. It publishes a wide range of books, periodicals and scientific journals in a variety of disciplines, including exact sciences, engineering, medicine, social sciences, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry and many others. |
Taylor & Francis | Taylor & Francis is an academic publisher specialising in the publication of scholarly journals, books and educational resources, covering a wide range of academic and professional disciplines, with a focus on areas such as social sciences, humanities, health sciences, hard sciences, education, psychology, engineering and business. |
Web of Science | Web of Science is a platform that provides integrated access to reference databases such as Web of ScienceTM Core Collection, Current Contents Connect, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE and SciELO Citation Index, as well as other resources such as Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators. |
Wiley | Wiley Online Library is a multidisciplinary collection that enables research in the physical, health and life sciences, social sciences and humanities. |
Bibliometrics
Bibliometric databases are specialised resources that analyse and measure scientific production, making it possible to assess the impact and performance of publications, authors, institutions and scientific journals. These databases use quantitative indicators such as the number of citations, the impact factor and collaboration indices to provide information on the visibility and influence of scientific research.
Current Contents | Current Contents is a bibliographic database that provides access to indexes and abstracts of articles from academic journals, conferences and other types of academic publications. |
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Essential Science Indicators | Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is an analytical tool developed by Clarivate Analytics and integrated into the Web of Science platform, which provides indicators of scientific research performance based on citation data. |
InCites | InCites is a personalised, citation-based research assessment tool that allows you to perform scientific productivity analyses and compare results with partners around the world. |
Journal Citation Reports | Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a tool for assessing the impact of scientific journals. The JCR provides metrics based on citations that allow scientific journals from different fields of knowledge to be evaluated and compared. |
SCOPUS | SCOPUS is a database of abstracts and citations for peer-reviewed articles, books and conference proceedings. It currently covers more than 21,000 titles, including 2,600 open access journals, more than 5.5 million conference proceedings and more than 370 book series. |
Themes
Thematic databases are specialised information resources that focus on a particular area of knowledge and provide relevant content for researchers, students and professionals in that area. These databases include scholarly articles, books, standards, technical reports, theses and other types of specialised publications that provide comprehensive and detailed coverage of a particular field of knowledge.
Association for Computing Machinery | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is recognised for producing high-quality scientific journals and conferences that are essential sources of research and innovation in computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, computer systems, computer networks, data science, and more. |
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American Chemical Society | American Chemical Society (ACS) is one of the most important professional organisations in the field of chemistry and the chemical sciences. It publishes an extensive range of peer-reviewed scientific journals that are highly regarded, particularly in areas such as organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, biotechnology, pharmacology and environmental sciences. |
American Institute of Physics | American Institute of Physics (AIP)'s mission is to support and promote physics as a fundamental discipline for scientific and technological progress by providing access to scientific information, including scientific journals, articles and research reports covering a wide range of topics in physics. |
IEEE | IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is one of the world's largest professional organisations in the field of electrical engineering, electronics, computing and related technologies. IEEE is renowned for its scientific and technical publications, including journals, conferences, and technical standards. |
Institute of Physics | Institute of Physics (IOP) is a professional and scientific organisation dedicated to the advancement of physics and the promotion of innovation in the physical sciences. It is renowned for its scientific publications, which include several peer-reviewed scientific journals covering all aspects of physics. |
Royal Society of Chemistry | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a highly respected professional organisation dedicated to the advancement of chemistry and the chemical sciences. Renowned for its scientific publications, events, conferences and educational initiatives, it is a benchmark for research and education in chemistry. |
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is a professional organisation dedicated to the promotion of applied mathematics and computing to solve practical problems in various areas of science, engineering, industry and other fields.It is known for its contributions to applied and computational mathematics, promoting research and the use of advanced mathematical methods to solve problems in areas such as engineering, physical sciences, biological sciences, economics, finance, artificial intelligence and scientific computing. |
ProQuest One Business | ProQuest One Business is a business research and management platform that provides access to a wide range of specialist information sources in the fields of business, management, business strategy, finance, marketing, economics and organisational behaviour. |