You will also be able to combine concepts or ideas which is difficult to do using hard copy sources. This means you can easily tailor your search to your research needs. You can retrieve more recent references than are available via printed sources. You can also limit your search to a specific time period, document type or language. Bibliographic databases which supply references to articles, books and reports.
Some databases also supply abstracts of items.
On completion of your search you will have your own bibliography. Web based journals in which the publishers have provided links to their journal websites. Not all Web based journals contain the full text of the original articles, it varies by publisher and journal. Some require user registration or a subscription fee. The University Library subscribes to a wide range of electronic databases .