Available databases

The University subscribes to a vast number of multidisciplinary databases or covering specific disciplinary areas. The negotiation process takes place both at local and national levels through the CARE-CRUI coordination.

Further resources are accessible due to ongoing trials for potential acquisitions.

Almost all content can be accessed simultaneously by an unlimited number of users.

Lists by database type:

  • bibliographic databases and full-text bibliographic databases: they collect and make searchable the bibliographic references of what has been published in specific fields of investigation, geographical areas or chronological periods; full-text bibliographic databases also allow direct access to the full text of the registered publications;
  • factual databases: they collect and make searchable primary data such as company financial statements, economic and financial statistical data, chemical-physical data, sources and texts;
  • citation databases: interdisciplinary databases that, for registered publications, provide citation indices useful for quantitative bibliometric measurement of scientific literature.

 

How to search for a database

 

AlmaStart discovery tool: the Collection Search box

The AlmaStart discovery tool allows the University of Bologna's users to carry out an integrated search for documents that are available in the libraries or accessible online, including but not limited to books, articles, journals, databases, AlmaRE collections and AlmaDL collections. The Collection Search box displays various search options, allowing users to carry out the research:

More information about the Collection Search box.

 

 

AlmaStart discovery tool: the basic search

From the basic search box of AlmaStart, along with the documents available in the libraries or accessible online for the University of Bologna's users, it is possible to specifically search for:

  • all databases subscribed to or selected for their scientific value
  • the contents of a subset of databases