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All the content you need can be found in a single search box. Follow the steps below to make the most of the search engine.
How to find different types of content:
Discover the sources of information the Library makes available to you: databases, digital books and journals, case studies, videos, images, human atlases and digital portals.
The Library team puts together dossiers with selected recommended content in different formats, from websites to videos, journals or books.
The UOC’s institutional repository is the portal for collecting, disseminating and preserving the open-access digital publications produced by members of the UOC. It includes articles, papers, teaching materials, final degree projects, doctoral theses, etc.
You can learn to identify search terms, devise strategies to locate contents, and analyse and select information sources.
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Databases have their own platforms, however, they also share a number of general functions and features. We are going to show you some of these shared features.
The Aranzadi database offers access to current or former legal depositions, jurisprudence, bargains, etc.
Vlex is a database with collective bargains, jurisprudence, doctrine, news, etc.
The La Ley database offers access to legislation, jurisprudence, agreements and forms.
Factiva-Reuters is a major database of news and business information available through the UOC Library.
There are many theses repositories containing the doctoral theses read at a given institution. Many others compile the content of other repositories based on, for example, geographical criteria. Learn how to find the doctoral theses you need.
Patents can be freely accessed via a range of online search tools such as FreePatentsOnline, Google Patent Search.
Statistical agencies and institutes gather, process and distribute statistical data.
Rules, standards, regulations and guidelines are documents that collate the methodological and technical specifications resulting from experience with or the development of a technology or activity.
Want to find your publications in different databases but can’t because the author name is different in each case? Here at the Library we offer a custom service to standardize your author name. The service can answer any doubts and queries you might have.
Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing legal barriers to sharing creative work.
The impact factor is a bibliometric indicator that reflects the level of influence of a scientific journal.
Here are details on how to find the citations of an author’s research work in the ISI Web of Science database.
The evaluation of the information obtained must always be the final stage in the process of searching for information on the Internet, especially when it is for academic work, research, an article, a thesis, etc.
Digital identity is quite simply your presence on the Internet. Digital identity is created proactively, by creating content, images, videos, establishing dialogue with other professionals within the sector, etc.