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1) Many things we have learned this semester has been very useful and will be in the future. Of theses topics I fell the most useful things we’ve learned are citations and complex and accurate searches as well as being able to crate a focused research topic and focused question.

2) I would have spent more time on is how to narrow down database searches even further

Directory of open access journals–

About: Directory of open access journals This database aims to increase usage and impact of scientific and scholarly journals by making them easy to find therefore making them readily available to anyone looking for them. The articles included on this database must go through peer-review or editorial quality control to be included.

Coverage:

• Subject: all scientific and scholarly subjects are covered
• Types of resource: scientific and scholarly periodicals that publish research or review papers in full text.
• Acceptable sources: academic, government, commercial, non-profit private sources are all acceptable.
• Level: the target group for included journals should be primarily researchers.
• Content: a substantive part of the journal should consist of research papers. All content should be available in full text.
• All languages

The controlled vocabulary is located in the browse section within the database.

One interesting aspect of this database is that it provides you with a statistics page where you are able to view a table with the current spread of journals by country. The table allows you to see the number of countries currently listed in DOAJ as well as the number of added titles/total number of titles per year and country.

Property shark

About: Property Shark is a searchable database of real estate data on residential and commercial properties in New York City. It provides property reports with photos, property specifications, zoning codes, tax assessment, title records, liens, maps and comparable sales. It provides you with Property Reports, Pre-Foreclosure and Foreclosure Listings, Sales Comparables, Maps, Building Photos, For Sale Listings, and For Lease Listings.

An interesting and useful aspect of property shark is that it provides you with a map of all the information that it has on the locations in that area.

I could not find a controlled vocabulary in the database