NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION TO PROMOTE AUTHONOMY: ACTIVITY 3 SHARING ACADEMIC MATTERS (academic databases and search engines)

ACTIVITY 3

SHARING ACADEMIC MATTERS (academic databases and search engines)

PURPOSE: To find some information about an interesting and academic topic or book and state your opinion on this blog.

An online database is a database accessible from a network, including from the Internet.

It differs from a local database, held in an individual computer or its attached storage, such as a CD.

Currently, there are several database products designed specifically as hosted databases delivered as Software as a Service products. These differ from typical traditional databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, etc. Some of the differences are:

* These online databases are delivered primarily via a web browser

* They are often purchased by a monthly subscription

* They embed common collaboration features such as sharing, email notifications, etc.

For information on the contents of specific types of database.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible Web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest scholarly publishers and also lot of books.