====== Electronic database ======

An e-database is an organized collection of [[information]], on a particular subject or multi-disciplinary [[subject]] areas.
The information in an e-database can be searched and retrieved electronically.

Coverage:
Contents include [[journal]] [[article]]s, newspaper articles, book reviews and conference proceedings, etc.

Update frequency:
Usually updated on a daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis.

Types of e-databases: Full-text vs. Bibliographic
Full-text databases contain the whole content of an article such as citation information, text, illustrations, diagrams and tables.
[[Bibliographic database]]s only contain citation information of an article, such as author name, journal title, publication date and page numbers.