Databases
Academic Search
is a comprehensive database, managed by EBSCOhost, offering access to diverse information sources including academic journals, newspapers, research reports, and books across various subjects such as social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and more. With advanced search tools and filtering options, it facilitates easy retrieval of relevant information, often providing access to full text content, thus serving as a valuable resource for researchers and scholars across different fields of knowledge.
CAS
is a platform offering access to databases containing comprehensive information on scientific literature, patents, and related sources in chemistry and allied disciplines. Users can access summaries, bibliographic references, and other essential data on scientific publications, aiding in research and innovation within the field of chemistry.
EZB
is an electronic library of free access, full-text scientific and academic journals. It is an initiative of the University of Regensburg, Germany, and offers access to more than 70,000 journals from more than 5,000 publishers. It is organized by subject and allows users to search for journals by title, keyword, publisher or subject. It also provides a list of the most popular journals and a list of new journals that have been added recently, making it a valuable tool for students, researchers and professionals around the world. It allows users to access a large amount of information quickly and easily, without having to pay subscriptions.
Academic Source
It is a database that covers the main academic disciplines, offering journals in Spanish and Portuguese for research. In it you can find many quality magazines from Latin America, Portugal and Spain.
GeoRef
is a database created by the American Geosciences Institute in 1966, providing access to the world’s geoscience literature. GeoRef is the most comprehensive database in the geosciences and continues to grow by around 100,000 references a year. The database contains more than 4.4 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
ProQuest
offers a wide range of bibliographic databases, covering a large number of subjects and areas of knowledge. These databases contain information about magazine articles, books, reports, theses and other documents where users can search by title, author, keyword or subject.
SciELO Colombia
It is an electronic platform that is part of the SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) project, whose main objective is to promote the dissemination and open access to quality scientific journals in Latin America and the Caribbean. SciELO Colombia, therefore, is an initiative that seeks to strengthen scientific communication in Colombia, offering a collection of academic journals from various disciplines. These journals are selected and evaluated by an editorial committee, ensuring their quality and scientific rigor.
Directories
DOAJ
It is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, powered by a growing community, committed to ensuring that quality content is freely available online to everyone.
ICI
is a bibliographic database that provides access to information on academic journals from around the world. The database is produced by Index Copernicus, an information and research services company based in Poland.
latindex
It is a regional information system for online academic journals, specialized in scientific journals published in Latin America. It is a non-profit, inter-institutional cooperation project that aims to promote and improve the quality of scientific journals in the region.
REDIB
is a platform that aims to promote the dissemination and open access to scientific knowledge produced in Latin America. It is a collaborative initiative that brings together various institutions, libraries and scientific publications in the region. In this sense, REDIB provides access to a wide variety of academic resources, including scientific journals, doctoral theses, books, conference proceedings and other scientific documents. In addition, it provides tools and services for the management and dissemination of knowledge, as well as for collaboration between researchers and academics.
Ulrichs Web Global Serials Directory
is a bibliographic database that provides information on more than 383,000 periodicals (also known as serials) from around the world. The database includes information on academic journals, trade journals, newspapers, newsletters, e-zines and other periodicals.
Bibliographic Indexes
Ibero-American News
It is a database of journalistic information that covers the countries of Ibero-America. The database is produced by Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana, a higher education institution based in Colombia.
Biblat
It is a bibliographic database specialized in the field of Law, Social Sciences and Humanities. It focuses on academic and scientific literature produced in Latin America and the Caribbean, although it also includes publications from other places as long as they are focused on the region, in disciplines such as law, sociology, political science, economics, anthropology and history, among others.
CLASS
It is a tool that provides detailed bibliographic information, including author, title, source, abstract and citation data, allowing users to identify and locate original sources of interest. However, CLASE does not offer direct access to the full text of the documents, since it is a tool that serves as a reference to locate and access relevant information sources in the field of social sciences and humanities in Latin America.
J-Gate
is an open access bibliographic database that provides access to a wide range of academic journals from around the world. The database was created in 2001 by Informatics India Limited, and currently has more than 49,000 indexed journals, representing coverage of more than 55 million articles.
METADEX
Also known as Metals Abstracts/Alloy Index is the leading online resource in the field of metallurgy, providing extensive coverage of international literature on the science and technology of metals and alloys.
SCIE
Created as the Science Citation Index (SCI) in 1964, it is a documentary database where many of the contributions (articles, editorials, letters, reviews, discussions, etc.) that can be published in science and technology journals are collected. indexed by Clarivate Analytics, previously produced by Thomson Reuters. This citation index is also known as ISI since initially the institution that produced the index was the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).
Scopus
is a bibliographic and abstract database covering a wide range of academic disciplines. It is considered one of the largest databases of scientific, technical and medical literature currently available. Scopus is produced by Elsevier and contains millions of records of scientific journal articles, conferences, books and patents. For this reason, Scopus offers detailed information on articles published in scientific journals reviewed and refereed by academic peers, including abstracts, citations, bibliographic references and impact metrics. Additionally, Scopus provides search and analysis tools to help researchers discover and evaluate scientific literature, track citations, identify trends and collaborators, and evaluate research impact.
Zenodo
It is a general-purpose open access repository developed under the European OpenAIRE program and operated by CERN. It allows researchers to deposit research articles, data sets, research software, reports and any other research-related digital products. For each submission, a persistent digital object identifier (DOI) is minted, making stored items easily cited.