Academic databases
The curated citation indexes and subject-specific databases that anchor scholarly research — from the big multidisciplinary indexes to the discipline standards in medicine, engineering, psychology, law, and beyond.
Where they’re strong: rigorous curation, deep citation tooling, precise controlled-vocabulary searching. Where to watch: coverage skews English and STEM, and the best features usually sit behind a subscription and a learning curve.
Start with the workhorses — Scopus and Web of Science — then reach for the discipline index that fits your field: PubMed and Embase for biomedicine, IEEE Xplore and ACM for computing, PsycINFO for psychology, JSTOR for the humanities.
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