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Tag: databank

Buildwise

Buildwise (2022), previously Belgian Building Research Institute (BBRI) is a private research institute founded in 1959.

  • This database contains publications for the construction sector, including WTCB/Buildwise publications, articles, technical information, building standards, construction products, construction details, calculation tools, quantity surveys for …
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Chapterscan: searching and finding references and content tables of books

It is possible for researchers and students at UGent to request chapter scans of some of the books, that are eligible for scanning, via the catalogue (lib.ugent.be). You can find a blue button 'Scan request' if we provide this service on a book.

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Database search: how to use search terms?

Each database has its own method to make the contents of that database accessible and consultable. Most databases use "Basic search" and "Advanced search".

Via "Basic search" you can filter the search results after performing a search.

"Advanced search" allows you to choose more …

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JSTOR

JSTOR is a (largely) fulltext multidisciplinary database, originally designed to make the content of academic journals (Journal Storage) easily accessible to universities, but since then supplemented with books and primary sources.

JSTOR employs a 'moving wall': which means that there is a fixed period or gap between the …

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SciFinder-n

SciFinder-n is the new interface for the classic version of SciFinder. SciFinder-n provides easy access to information in Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS) resources: journal citations and abstracts, substance data, chemical reactions, regulatory data, chemical suppliers, and biomedical literature.

Access

This database is accessible within the Ghent University network. …

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Search: Boolean operators

The three classic Boolean operators that you can use to search the internet – and specifically in databases and search engines – are the simple words AND, OR and NOT.

  • These (logical) operators, based on Boolean algebra, are used in a search query as ‘connectors’ to …
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