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Training in information skills

Independent-learning material to help you acquire basic information skills that will enable you to benefit from the library's content and services to access, manage and use information without assistance.

What is digital identity?

What is digital identity?
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Databases

How databases work.

How databases work?

How databases work.
Aranzadi

Aranzadi

Legal database. It offers access to all consolidated national legislation and regional legislation.
Vlex

vLex

Database offering full-text access to legislation and jurisprudence (regional, national and European Union).
La Ley

La Ley

A resource that enables users to simultaneously search all its sub-databases.
Factiva-Reuters

Factiva-Reuters

Factiva-Reuters is a major database of news and business information available through the UOC Library.
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Search for specialized information

How to find theses

How to find theses

How to find theses
How to find patents freely accessed

How to find patents?

Patents can be freely accessed via a range of online search tools such as FreePatentsOnline, Google Patent Search.
How to find statistical data

How to find statistical data

Statistical agencies and institutes gather, process and distribute statistical data.

How to find recommendations, guidelines, rules and standards?

Les normatives, els estàndards, les regulacions i les directrius són documents que recullen especificacions
Evaluating information

Evaluating information

Evaluating information
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Publication of academic works

Standardization of Authors’ Names

Standardization of Authors’ Names

Standardization of Authors’ Names
Information Literacy – Creative Commons Licence

Creative Commons Licences

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing legal barriers to sharing creative work.
Impact factor

A journal’s impact factor

The impact factor is a bibliometric indicator that reflects the level of influence of a scientific journal.

Searching for citations on ISI Web of Science

How to find citations on ISI Web of Science.
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Use of works with a Creative Commons license

Creative Commons

Creative Commons

Organisation that develops plans to reduce legal barriers to creativity.
Youtube Creative Commons

Youtube Creative Commons

This a Creative Commons library accessible through YouTube Video Editor, option of this platform (with attribution)
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