It contains information for the layperson as well as databases of published studies, including human clinical trials.
What is sad is that a dispatcher's use of freely available technology, not advanced databases, could have defused the whole event.
For the younger generation of reporters, their whole social media history is archived in various databases.
They work at law firms and spend much of their time in the library or accessing legal databases through their computers.
It's a general query language for retrieving information from databases.
They do not bother with scholarly databases or real books anyway.
And researchers may not be aware of or know how to navigate all the available databases.
Some have even put their lists online as searchable databases or e-mail discussion lists.
Some are an abbreviated introduction to journals databases and the mysteries of inter-library loan.
Make sure you are familiar with the databases they own and the circ system they are currently using.
British Dictionary definitions for databases
database
/ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/
noun
1.
a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose
2.
(informal) any large store of information: a database of knowledge
databases in Science
database
(dā'tə-bās', dāt'ə-) A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.
databases in Culture
database definition
A set of data grouped together in one location in (or accessible by) a computer. A computerized database has been likened to an electronic filing cabinet of information arranged for easy access or for a specific purpose.