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Advanced Databases for Higher Degree by Research Students

Scopus
Citation index. Covers scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature including arts & humanities.
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Web of Science
Includes: ISI Web of Science Core Collection (Science Citation Index Expanded 1974+, Social Sciences Citation Index 1974+ and Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1975+); ISI Current Contents Connect; ISI Journal Citation Reports; MEDLINE
Google Scholar
Web search engine for multidisciplinary scholarly literature.
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SAGE Research Methods
Covers all aspects of the design, selection and application of research methodology, with over 100,000 pages from ebooks and journal articles.

Statista
Statistics portal that contains over 1 million statistics on more than 80 thousand topics from more than 22,500 sources and 170 different industries
OECD iLibrary
OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books, and Periodicals in full text. Covers OECD member countries and other major countries.

Maths, Stats and IT Help (MASH)

The MASH drop-in service is delivered both face-to-face and online:

The face-to-face drop-in sessions are held in the MASH Centre, Level B of the Library (Building 8).
Online MASH sessions can be accessed in the Virtual Room of the Study Help UCLearn (Canvas) site (in the left navigation menu).

The MASH service starts in Week 2 of Semester 2. The MASH timetable is available for download here: MASH timetable.

AMS Open Maths Notes
Provides access to a repository of mathematical works in progress for researchers, teachers and students. Hosted by the American Mathematical Society, the site provides course notes, lectures, textbooks and research that can be used as teaching and research aids.

Standards Online
Full text access to Australian standards only. Before downloading a Standard:
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2. Ensure you have a current PDF Reader. NB: to open downloaded standards with Adobe Acrobat not in a browser, see ? for details.