Tag Archives: Databases

LibrarySearch

Get ready for LibrarySearch, which will soon replace our current search interface!  LibrarySearch includes resources from the Library catalogue, RMIT Research repository, and many databases and online journal collections. This powerful search tool is a great way to begin researching a topic.  Results are quickly gathered from hundreds of library databases and can be easily refined [...]
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New SpringerLink platform

The SpringerLink database was relaunched on a new platform in October.  Based on the latest technology, the new interface provides more sophisticated search and discovery capabilities, enhanced design features, and faster response times. SpringerLink includes millions of journal articles, books, chapters and reference works across a range of disciplines. You can perform a basic search, or [...]
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Featured new database: MarketLine

MarketLine Advantage (formerly Datamonitor 360) provides company, industry, country and financial data for major marketplaces worldwide. You can browse or search the database for case studies, company news, financial deals, reports and briefs. The country analysis reports contain an overview, key facts, geographic location, and in-depth PESTLE analysis of political, economic, social, technological, legal and [...]
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What’s a Library database?

This short animation explains Library databases from a student’s perspective and highlights the Subject Guides as a way to identify the most relevant databases for finding academic journal articles.  The video is available on YouTube.
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Book Citation Index now available

Following a successful trial and positive feedback last year, the Library has now subscribed to Thomson Reuters Book Citation Index on Web of Science. This database indexes over 25,000 book titles in the Sciences and the Social Sciences & Humanities from 2005. Until now, the main citation databases have focused on journal articles and conference [...]
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New eBook collections

Two new eBook collections are now available via the Library’s Databases A-Z list.  Both collections can be searched or browsed, and include a user guide with search tips.  The individual titles are also listed in the Library catalogue with links to the eBooks. ISEAS: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies The ISEAS eBook collection contains over 400 books [...]
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Australian Financial Review & BRW now online

RMIT Library is pleased to announce that the Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly are now available in full text via the Factiva database. The Australian Financial Review is a daily national economic newspaper with financial and business articles.  It includes content from BOSS and Financial Review magazine. BRW, formerly known as Business Review [...]
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lynda.com: online training library

RMIT Library has a great new resource for learning how to use hundreds of software programs via quality, in-depth video courses put together by experts.  The lynda.com online training library offers access to streaming video training sessions on a variety of software products and digital technologies.  Subjects are arranged in broad categories including 3D + Animation, [...]
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LibrarySearch

Try out the new LibrarySearch which includes resources from the Library catalogue, RMIT Research repository, and many databases and online journal collections. This powerful search tool is a great way to begin researching a topic.  Results are quickly gathered from hundreds of library databases and can be easily refined to peer-reviewed journals, items available in [...]
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Academic OneFile now available

After a trial earlier this year the Library now has access to Academic OneFile: Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative [...]
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