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ONLINE DATABASES BY AMZARI ABU BAKAR

DEFINITION • An online database is a database accessible from a local network or the Internet, as opposed to one that is stored locally on an individual computer or its attached storage (such as a CD). • Online databases are hosted on websites, made available as software as a service products accessible via a web browser. • They may be free or require payment, such as by a monthly or yearly subscription.

DEFINITION • Academic Library subscribe online database such as Ebsco, Proquest, Elsevier, emerald insight, HW Wilson, Thomson Reuter’s Web of Science which comprises of scholarly journals, newspaper, reports, proceedings and working papers.

MORE DEFINITION • Journal - a newspaper or magazine (periodicals) that deals with a particular subject or professional activity. E. g: “The Journal of the American Medical Association”. • Impact factor - The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a measure reflecting the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. • It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field; journals with higher impact factors are often deemed to be more important than those with lower ones.

TERM AND DEFINITION • Citation - a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work. E. g: "there were dozens of citations from the works of Byron“ • Example - James, H. (2009). The ambassadors. Retrieved from http: //books. google. com • In text citation • Smith (2009) supported the Social Behavior theory. • The idea of Social Reformation was introduced by Smith (2009). • The average yearly income in the year of 2007 is stated at 15, 000 THB (Smith, 2009).

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ETHICS • Plagiarism - the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. • According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Plagiarize means • to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own • to use (another's production) without crediting the source • to commit literary theft • to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

THANK YOU • Practice • Identify Online Databases • Accessing Online Database • Searching and acquiring information • Citing other works. • Q&A