Compare databases

A detailed comparison of two to six databases and their search systems.

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General
Access to search interface
Last major interface update
Owner of search system
Location of system headquarters
Year of launch
Type
Coverage
Total coverage
Year-over-year growth
Subject coverage
Retrospective coverage
Record types
Open Access records
Search functionality and interface
Systematic keyword searching
Forward citation searching
Grey literature searching
Query builder
Search history
Match preview
Sorting options
Query
Latency with short query
Latency with long query
Controlled vocabulary
Field codes
Full text search
Search string length (narrow)
Search string length (wide)
Language support: Chinese
Language support: Cyrillic
Truncation
Wildcards
Keyword position irrelevant
Longer strings, fewer hits
Automatic query expansion (stemming)
Verbatim queries
Reproducible queries (time)
Reproducible queries (locations)
Operators
Search operators
Boolean 'OR'
Boolean 'AND'
Boolean 'NOT'
Proximity operator
Boolean works exact
Nested search (parentheses)
Citation search / filtering
Record type filters
Results filters
Forward citation search
Backward citation search
Suggested related records
Retrieval
Number of accessible records
Select & export
Exportable records (bulk export)
Export formats
API
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JKU LinzUniversität Innsbruck
Funded by
FWF