Information Resources
Annual Reviews: Annual Reviews search interface, which provides access to more than 50 scientific journals edited by the publisher. |
Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (b-on): Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (b-on) is a resource that provides access to academic journals and books from various content providers through nationally negotiated subscriptions. |
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)*: EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) is a resource that combines all the physical and electronic resources made available by the University. |
EBSCO e-book Collection*: EBSCO eBook Collection is a resource that provides full-text electronic books in various fields. |
EBSCO Open Dissertations*: EBSCO Open Dissertations is a resource that provides access to theses and dissertations from international institutions, covering a wide range of subjects. |
JSTOR*: JSTOR is a resource that provides access to digitized scientific journals covering the fields of Arts, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Art History, Management, and Statistics. |
Publication Finder: Publication Finder is an index of the scientific journals and ebooks made available by the Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
Research Library*: Research Library is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in various fields of knowledge. |
Sage: Sage is a resource that provides access to more than a thousand journals edited by the publisher. |
ScienceDirect*: Science Direct is a resource that provides access to more than four thousand journals edited by Elsevier. |
Scopus*: Scopus is a reference database that allows you to search within a collection of carefully selected scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. |
Scopus AI*: Scopus AI is an intelligent scientific research support resource that integrates artificial intelligence technology with high-quality academic publications. It allows you to perform natural language searches, retrieve thematic summaries, and explore authors, topics, and related issues quickly and intuitively. |
Springer: Springer is a resource that provides access to journals and ebooks edited by the publisher. |
Taylor & Francis: Taylor & Francis is a resource that provides access to 1900 journals edited by the publisher. |
University Press e-books*: University Press eBooks is a resource that provides access to electronic books published by international institutions. |
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ABI/INFORM Collection: ABI/INFORM is a resource that provides access to academic journals, dissertations, working papers, and industry reports covering the fields of economics and management. |
Access Medicine: Access Medicine is a resource that provides e-books, images, and videos in the field of medicine, as well as a pharmacology database. |
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection: Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection is a resource that provides academic journals covering the fields of accounting, taxation, and finance. |
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database*: The Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database is a resource that provides academic journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications covering the fields of advanced technologies and aerospace. |
Agriculture Science Database*: Agriculture Science Database is a resource that provides academic journals covering the fields of agricultural economics and engineering, animal sciences, biotechnology, botany, nutrition, biodiversity, and land use. |
Amboss (Only available at Católica Medical School): Amboss is a resource to support medical studies, which provides summaries of topics and question banks. For more information on access, contact the UCP Libraries. |
American Chemical Society Publications: ACS search interface, which provides access to more than 80 scientific journals edited by the publisher. |
American Economic Association: The American Economic Association is a resource that provides access to journals edited by the publisher. |
Annual Reviews: Annual Reviews search interface, which provides access to more than 50 scientific journals edited by the publisher. |
APA PsycArticles*: APA PsycArticles is a resource that provides access to academic journals in the field of psychology. |
APA PsycBooks*: APA PsycBooks is a resource that provides books and chapters published by APA and other leading publishers in the field of psychology. |
Arts & Humanities Database*: Arts & Humanities Database is a resource that provides access to journals covering areas such as art, design, archaeology, architecture, history, philosophy, languages, music, and cultural studies. |
Asian & European Business Collection*: Asian & European Business Collection is a resource that provides academic journals, newspapers, information on companies, markets, international trade, and business conditions and practices in these regions. |
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): ACM Digital Library is a resource that provides access to journals and e-books edited by the publisher. |
Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (b-on): Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (b-on) is a resource that provides access to academic journals and books from various content providers through nationally negotiated subscriptions. |
Biological Science Database*: Biological Science Database is a resource that provides academic journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, e-books, and patents covering the fields of biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology, as well as some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. |
Business Market Research Communication*: Business Market Research Communication is a resource that provides market studies on companies and industries. |
CINAHL Complete*: CINAHL Complete is a resource that provides access to academic journals covering the fields of nursing, psychology, rehabilitation, and medical sciences. |
Clinical Key Student Medicine (Only available at Católica Medical School): Clinical Key Student Medicine is a resource that provides e-books, images, and videos related to medicine. For more information on access, contact the UCP Libraries. |
Cochrane Library: Cochrane Library is a resource that provides clinical evidence resources, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). |
Coletânea de Jurisprudência Online: Coletânea de Jurisprudência Online is a resource that provides access to rulings and decisions of the Portuguese Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, and the Courts of the European Union since 1993. |
Complete Anatomy (Only available at Católica Medical School): Complete Anatomy is a resource that provides interactive anatomy models, clinical videos, and virtual dissection tools. For more information on access, contact the UCP Libraries. |
Computer Science Database*: Computer Science Database is a resource that provides academic journals covering the fields of computer science, information systems, computer security, database design, software development, e-commerce, and more. |
Consumer Health Database*: Consumer Health Database is a resource that provides academic journals covering areas such as women's health, food and nutrition, obstetrics, eye care, dentistry, and children's health, among others. |
Criminal Justice Database*: Criminal Justice Database is a resource that provides access to academic journals and dissertations covering the fields of criminology, criminal law, criminal justice, law enforcement, addiction, family law, industrial safety, and rehabilitation, among others. |
DCM Analytics/Loan Analytics (Only available at Porto Regional Centre): DCM Analytics/Loan Analytics is a benchmarking tool covering global debt capital markets. The reporting packages include a bookrunner and company rankings by industry and region, lists of offerings, and individual transaction profiles. Access is available on the computers provided for this purpose on the 1st floor of the library. For more information, contact biblioteca.porto@ucp.pt. |
Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source*: Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source is a resource that provides academic journals in the field of dentistry. |
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database*: Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database is a resource that provides academic journals, technical reports, and conference proceedings covering areas such as aquaculture, astrophysics, atmospheric dynamics, climatology, conservation, extraterrestrial geology, fisheries, and weather forecasting. |
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)*: EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) is a resource that combines all the physical and electronic resources made available by the University. |
EBSCO eBook Collection*: EBSCO eBook Collection is a resource that provides full-text electronic books in various fields. |
EBSCO eBook Medical Collection*: EBSCO eBook Medical Collection is a resource that provides full-text e-books covering the fields of health sciences. |
EBSCO eBook Nursing Collection*: EBSCO eBook Nursing Collection is a resource that provides full-text e-books in the field of nursing. |
EBSCO Open Dissertations*: EBSCO Open Dissertations is a resource that provides access to theses and dissertations from international institutions, covering a wide range of subjects. |
Education Database*: Education Database is a resource that provides access to academic journals and theses covering the study and practice of education at all levels of schooling, adult education, home schooling, special education, and teacher training. |
Education Source*: Education Source is a resource that provides academic journals, books, conference proceedings, and reviews covering the study of all levels of education, distance learning, multicultural/ethical education, social issues, and professional training. |
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)*: ERIC is a resource that provides access to scientific journals, reports, conference papers, theses, and books in the field of education. |
EIKON: Thomson Reuters (Only available at Porto Regional Centre): EIKON is a resource that provides financial analysis data covering areas of innovation in commerce. For more information, contact biblioteca.porto@ucp.pt. |
Emerald: Emerald is a resource that provides access to journals edited by the publisher. |
Environmental Science Database*: Environmental Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals covering environmental sciences and related disciplines. |
Financial Times: Access the Financial Times in electronic (UK and International) and ePaper (UK, Europe, US, Asia, and Middle East) versions. To access this resource, you must register with your UCP institutional email address (xxx@ucp.pt). |
Healthcare Administration Database*: Healthcare Administration Database is a resource that provides scientific journals and theses covering the areas of healthcare administration, healthcare professions, hospitals, insurance, law, statistics, business, management, personnel, and ethics. |
HeinOnline: HeinOnline is a resource that provides access to historical and government documents, treaties, constitutions, case law, and scientific journals. |
IBFD Tax Research Platform: IBFD is a resource that provides scientific journals, news, and materials in the field of international tax law. |
IEEE Xplore: IEEE is a resource that provides access to more than 150 journals edited by the publisher and its partners. |
International Philosophical Bibliography: IPB is a reference database in the field of Philosophy. |
IOPscience - Institute of Physics: IOPscience is a resource that provides access to more than 70 journals edited by the Institute of Physics. |
JSTOR*: JSTOR is a resource that provides access to digitized scientific journals covering the fields of Arts, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Art History, Management, and Statistics. |
Kluwer Law Online: Kluwer Law Online is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the field of law. |
LegiX: LegiX is a resource that provides access to the Diário da República, JORAA, and JORAM, as well as various legal document databases from the IGFEJ and the European Commission. Access to the database is the result of an agreement between Priberam and Universidade Católica Portuguesa. To access the resources available, you must first register using your institutional email address (xxx@ucp.pt). |
LexisNexis Academic: LexisNexis Academic is a resource that provides access to scientific journals and international newspaper articles in the field of law. |
Library Science Database*: Library Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals covering the fields of Information Science and Library Science. |
Linguistics Database*: Linguistics Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the field of linguistics. |
LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts*: LISA is a resource that provides access to scientific journals covering the fields of Information Science and Library Science. |
MarketLine (Only available for Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics): MarketLine is a business intelligence tool that provides comprehensive data and analysis on sectors, companies, and countries. |
Materials Science Database*: Materials Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals covering the fields of aerospace and aircraft engineering, automotive engineering, bioengineering, and biotechnology. |
MedicLatina*: MedicLatina is a resource that provides access to Latin American and Spanish medical and research journals. |
MEDLINE Complete*: MEDLINE Complete is a resource that provides access to scientific journals listed in the Medline index, covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, healthcare, and pre-clinical sciences. |
Military Database*: Military Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals, newspapers, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications covering the fields of international relations, political science, criminology, and defense. |
Nursing & Allied Health Database*: Nursing & Allied Health Database is a resource that provides scientific journals and theses covering the fields of nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, cytology, histology, physiology, anatomy, gerontology, and geriatrics. |
Nursing Reference Center Plus: Nursing & Allied Health Database is an evidence-based tool for nursing practice. It provides access to clinical records on diseases and treatments, as well as information on medications and videos on procedures. |
Osmosis (Only available at Católica Medical School): Osmosis is a resource that provides explanatory videos in the field of medicine. For more information on access, please contact the UCP Libraries. |
Palliative Care Formulary: Palliative Care Formulary is a resource that provides independent information on medications used to support people with progressive, life-limiting illnesses and their caregivers. |
Philosopher's Index with Full Text*: Philosopher's Index with Full Text is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the field of philosophy and related disciplines. |
Political Science Database*: Political Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals, theses, conference proceedings, reports, and government documents in the fields of political science, public policy, and international relations. |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection*: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a resource that provides scientific journals in the fields of psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. |
Psychology Database*: Psychology Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in various areas of psychology and psychometrics. |
Public Health Database*: Public Health Database is a resource that provides scientific journals and theses in the areas of nutrition, population studies, environmental health, epidemiology, substance abuse, and occupational safety. |
Publication Finder: Publication Finder is an index of the scientific journals and ebooks made available by the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. |
Qualfood (Only available at Porto Regional Centre): Qualfood is a national database on Food Quality and Safety, Environmental Quality, and HST. For more information, contact biblioteca.porto@ucp.pt. |
Religion Database*: Religion Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the fields of spirituality and religious studies. |
Research Library*: Research Library is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in various fields of knowledge. |
Royal Society of Chemistry: RSC is a resource that provides access to more than 50 journals edited by the publisher. |
Sabi: Sabi is a database containing information about companies in Spain and Portugal. |
Sage: Sage is a resource that provides access to more than a thousand journals edited by the publisher. |
Science Database*: Science Database is a resource that provides scientific journals in the fields of engineering, computer science, physics, telecommunications, transportation, and military affairs. |
ScienceDirect*: Science Direct is a resource that provides access to more than four thousand journals edited by Elsevier. |
Scitation - American Institute of Physics (AIP): Scitation is a resource that provides access to journals edited by the American Institute of Physics. |
Scopus*: Scopus is a reference database that allows you to search within a collection of carefully selected scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings |
Scopus AI*: Scopus AI is an intelligent scientific research support resource that integrates artificial intelligence technology with high-quality academic publications. It allows you to perform natural language searches, retrieve thematic summaries, and explore authors, topics, and related issues quickly and intuitively. |
Social Science Database*: Social Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in various areas of the social sciences. |
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM): SIAM is a resource that provides access to journals, ebooks, and conference proceedings edited by the publisher. |
Sociology Database*: Sociology Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals and theses in the fields of sociology and social work. |
SPORTDiscus with Full Text*: SPORTDiscus with Full Text is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the fields of sports and sports medicine. |
Springer: Springer is a resource that provides access to journals and ebooks edited by the publisher. |
Springer e-books Medicine: Collection of medical books published by Springer over the last four years, with no access restrictions. |
Springer Nature: The Springer Nature journal collection provides full access to more than ninety titles published by Nature Publishing Group, covering a range of disciplines, with a focus on biomedicine, dentistry, nutrition, and psychology. |
Statista* (Only available for Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics): Statista is a resource that provides statistics and reports on various sectors and markets. |
Taylor & Francis: Taylor & Francis is a resource that provides access to 1900 journals edited by the publisher. |
Telecommunications Database*: Telecommunications Database is a resource that provides scientific journals in the fields of wireless communications, radio, television, data transmission systems, and electronic data processing. |
The Economist (Only available at Porto Regional Centre): Access The Economist's archive, dating back to 1997, and economic and financial reports. For more information, contact biblioteca.porto@ucp.pt. |
University Press eBooks*: University Press eBooks is a resource that provides access to electronic books published by international institutions. |
UpToDate (Only available at Católica Medical School): UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical decision support tool consisting of up-to-date clinical summaries, treatment recommendations, medical calculators, and diagnostic algorithms. For more information on access, please contact the UCP Libraries. |
Web of Science*: Web of Science is a reference database that allows you to search within a collection of rigorously selected scientific journals. |
Westlaw International Materials: Westlaw International is a resource that provides case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, legal reviews, treaties, and legal forms covering various regions. |
Westlaw UK: Westlaw UK is a resource that provides case law, legislation, news, legal journals, commentary, current awareness alerts, and European Union legal materials. |
Wharton Research Data Services: WRDS is a tool for business intelligence and data analysis, including accounting, banking, economics, ESG, finance, healthcare, marketing, and statistics. To access this resource, you must register with your UCP institutional email address (xxx@ucp.pt) |
Wiley: Wiley is a resource that provides access to more than 1300 journals edited by the publisher. |
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Resources by Area
Subscribed resources
Arts & Humanities Database*: Arts & Humanities Database is a resource that provides access to journals covering areas such as art, design, archaeology, architecture, history, philosophy, languages, music, and cultural studies. |
IEEE Xplore: IEEE is a resource that provides access to more than 150 journals editedby the publisher and its partners. |
Subscribed electronic journals: Find the complete list of individually subscribed journals in the Arts and Technologies area. |
Open Access resources
Master’s Dissertations: Master's dissertations developed at UCP in the field of Arts and Technologies. |
Doctoral Theses: Doctoral theses developed at UCP in the field of Arts and Technologies. |
Subscribed resources
APA PsycArticles*: APA PsycArticles is a resource that provides access to academic journals in the field of psychology. |
APA PsycBooks*: APA PsycBooks is a resource that provides books and chapters published by APA and other leading publishers in the field of psychology. |
EBSCO e-book Medical Collection*: EBSCO eBook Medical Collection is a resource that provides full-text e-books covering the fields of health sciences. |
Education Database*: Education Database is a resource that provides access to academic journals and theses covering the study and practice of education at all levels of schooling, adult education, homeschooling, special education, and teacher training. |
Education Source*: Education Source is a resource that provides academic journals, books, conference proceedings, and reviews covering the study of all levels of education, distance learning, multicultural/ethical education, social issues, and professional training. |
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)*: ERIC is a resource that provides access to scientific journals, reports, conference papers, theses, and books in the field of education. |
MEDLINE Complete*: MEDLINE Complete is a resource that provides access to scientific journals listed in the Medline index, covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, healthcare, and pre-clinical sciences. |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection*: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a resource that provides scientific journals in the fields of psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. |
Psychology Database*: Psychology Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in various areas of psychology and psychometrics. |
Subscribed electronic journals: Find the complete list of individually subscribed journals in the fields of Education and Psychology. |
Open Access resources
Master’s Dissertations: Master's theses developed at UCP in the areas of Education and Psychology. |
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Doctoral Theses: Doctoral theses developed at UCP in the areas of Education and Psychology. |
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Subscribed resources
Access Medicine (Only available at Católica Medical School): Access Medicine is a resource that provides e-books, images, and videos in the field of medicine, as well as a pharmacology database. |
Amboss (Only available at Católica Medical School): Amboss is a resource to support medical studies, which provides summaries of topics and question banks. For more information on access, contact the UCP Libraries. |
APA PsycArticles*: APA PsycArticles is a resource that provides access to academic journals in the field of psychology. |
APA PsycBooks*: APA PsycBooks is a resource that provides books and chapters published by APA and other leading publishers in the field of psychology. |
CINAHL Complete*: CINAHL Complete is a resource that provides access to academic journals covering the fields of nursing, psychology, rehabilitation, and medical sciences. |
Clinical Key Student Medicine (Only available at Católica Medical School): Clinical Key Student Medicine is a resource that provides e-books, images, and videos related to medicine. For more information on access, contact the UCP Libraries. |
Cochrane Library: Cochrane Library is a resource that provides clinical evidence resources, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). |
Complete Anatomy (Only available at Católica Medical School): Complete Anatomy is a resource that provides interactive anatomy models, clinical videos, and virtual dissection tools. For more information on access, contact the UCP Libraries. |
Consumer Health Database*: Consumer Health Database is a resource that provides academic journals covering areas such as women's health, food and nutrition, obstetrics, eye care, dentistry, and children's health, among others. |
Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source*: Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source is a resource that provides academic journals in the field of dentistry. |
EBSCO e-book Medical Collection*: EBSCO eBook Medical Collection is a resource that provides full-text e-books covering the fields of health sciences. |
EBSCO e-book Nursing Collection*: EBSCO eBook Nursing Collection is a resource that provides full-text e-books in the field of nursing. |
Healthcare Administration Database*: Healthcare Administration Database is a resource that provides scientific journals and theses covering the areas of healthcare administration, healthcare professions, hospitals, insurance, law, statistics, business, management, personnel, and ethics. |
MedicLatina*: MedicLatina is a resource that provides access to Latin American and Spanish medical and research journals. |
MEDLINE Complete*: MEDLINE Complete is a resource that provides access to scientific journals listed in the Medline index, covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, healthcare, and pre-clinical sciences. |
Nursing & Allied Health Database*: Nursing & Allied Health Database is a resource that provides scientific journals and theses covering the fields of nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, cytology, histology, physiology, anatomy, gerontology, and geriatrics. |
Nursing Reference Center Plus: Nursing & Allied Health Database is an evidence-based tool for nursing practice. It provides access to clinical records on diseases and treatments, as well as information on medications and videos on procedures. |
Osmosis (Only available at Católica Medical School): Osmosis is a resource that provides explanatory videos in the field of medicine. For more information on access, please contact the UCP Libraries. |
Palliative Care Formulary: Palliative Care Formulary is a resource that provides independent information on medications used to support people with progressive, life-limiting illnesses and their caregivers. |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection*: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a resource that provides scientific journals in the fields of psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. |
Psychology Database*: Psychology Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in various areas of psychology and psychometrics. |
Public Health Database*: Public Health Database is a resource that provides scientific journals and theses in the areas of nutrition, population studies, environmental health, epidemiology, substance abuse, and occupational safety. |
SPORTDiscus with Full Text*: SPORTDiscus with Full Text is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the fields of sports and sports medicine. |
Springer e-books Medicine: A collection of medical books published by Springer over the last four years, with no access restrictions. |
Springer Nature: The Springer Nature journal collection provides full access to more than ninety titles published by Nature Publishing Group, covering a range of disciplines, with a focus on biomedicine, dentistry, nutrition, and psychology. |
UpToDate (Only available at Católica Medical School): UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical decision support tool consisting of up-to-date clinical summaries, treatment recommendations, medical calculators, and diagnostic algorithms. For more information on access, please contact the UCP Libraries. |
Open Access resources
Master’s Dissertations: Master's dissertations developed at UCP in the field of Health Sciences. |
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PubMed: PubMed is a search tool for Medline, one of the most important bibliographic databases for biological sciences and biomedical information. |
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Doctoral Theses: Doctoral theses developed at UCP in the field of Health Sciences. |
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Subscribed resources
Coletânea de Jurisprudência Online: Coletânea de Jurisprudência Online is a resource that provides access to rulings and decisions of the Portuguese Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, and the Courts of the European Union since 1993. |
Criminal Justice Database*: Criminal Justice Database is a resource that provides access to academic journals and dissertations covering the fields of criminology, criminal law, criminal justice, law enforcement, addiction, family law, industrial safety, and rehabilitation, among others. |
HeinOnline: HeinOnline is a resource that provides access to historical and government documents, treaties, constitutions, case law, and scientific journals. |
IBFD Tax Research Platform: BFD is a resource that provides scientific journals, news, and materials in the field of international tax law. |
Kluwer Law Online: Kluwer Law Online is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the field of law. |
LegiX: LegiX is a resource that provides access to the Diário da República, JORAA, and JORAM, as well as various legal document databases from the IGFEJ and the European Commission. Access to the database is the result of an agreement between Priberam and Universidade Católica Portuguesa. To access the resources available, you must first register using your institutional email address (xxx@ucp.pt). |
LexisNexis Academic: LexisNexis Academic is a resource that provides access to scientific journals and international newspaper articles in the field of law. |
Military Database*: Military Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals, newspapers, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications covering the fields of international relations, political science, criminology, and defense. |
Westlaw International Materials: Westlaw International is a resource that provides case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, legal reviews, treaties, and legal forms covering various regions. |
Westlaw UK: Westlaw UK is a resource that provides case law, legislation, news, legal journals, commentary, current awareness alerts, and European Union legal materials. |
Subscribed electronic journals: Find the complete list of individually subscribed journals in the field of Law. |
Open Access resources
Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute (LII): The LII offers free access to a comprehensive collection of judicial decisions, as well as detailed information about U.S. legislation and procedural rules. It is an excellent resource for both federal and state case law. |
Diário da República Eletrónico: Consult the Journal of the Republic – Series I and II, updated daily. |
Direito em Dia: This platform is a content aggregator that allows the search of organized jurisprudence simultaneously in all Portuguese public databases. |
Master’s Dissertations: Master's dissertations developed at UCP in the field of Law. |
EUR-LEX: EUR-Lex provides free access to the authentic Official Journal of the European Union, EU law, EU case law, international agreements, EFTA documents, and other public documents. |
European Case Law Identifier: European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) is a recognizable, readable, and understandable standard by both humans and computers, which can be assigned to all court decisions of all national or European courts. It aims to facilitate the unambiguous citation of judgments and to improve the cross-border accessibility of case law by creating a common system of identification, citation, and metadata of the jurisprudence generated within the EU. |
European Council (Treaty Office): Complete list of treaties of the European Council. |
European Justice Portal: Published in 23 languages, it aims to provide easy access to information on different justice systems and justice in general in the EU. |
FindLaw: FindLaw is a platform that provides free access to an extensive collection of judicial decisions from federal and state courts. It is a valuable resource for finding case law related to various areas of law. |
Google Scholar Case Law: Google Scholar includes a dedicated section for searching U.S. judicial decisions, making it a useful tool for researching case law. |
HUDOC (Jurisprudência do Tribunal Europeu dos Direitos Humanos): Managed by the European Court of Human Rights, this platform allows you to consult judicial decisions related to compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. |
International Court of Justice: Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice. |
IZA Discussion Paper: IZA is a private entity that conducts national and international market research in Labor Law, operating as a non-profit company that has financial support from research activities. |
Justia: Justia provides free access to a wide range of federal and state case law in the United States. Users can search by keywords, courts, or fields of law. |
Legal-Documentary Basis of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice (Jurisprudence): Legal and Documentary Basis, managed by the Institute of Financial Management and Justice Equipment (IGFEJ), in which it is possible to find decisions of the Supreme Court of Justice, and other documents from several entities. You can also consult documents available in the various libraries of the Ministry of Justice. |
Legislationline.org: Constitutions by country: This webpage provides access to the Constitutions of OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) participating States. |
Oyez: Oyez is a specialized website focused on decisions from the Supreme Court of the United States. It offers detailed information about cases, including audio recordings of oral arguments and summaries of decisions. It also integrates resources from the Legal Information Institute (LII) and Justia. |
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records): PACER is the official system for accessing court documents in the United States, providing an extensive database of decisions from federal courts. However, access to most documents requires a subscription. |
Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa: Legislative databases from the Lisbon District Prosecution Service. |
Royal Legislation: Digitization of the collection of Portuguese legislation from 1603 to 1910 and the 5 volumes of Ordenações Manuelinas that D. Manuel I promulgated in 1521. |
Statewatch: Statewatch is a non-profit voluntary group founded in 1991 to monitor the development of the EU State and civil liberties. It is formed by lawyers, academics, journalists, researchers, and community activists. Its European network of contributors embraces 18 countries. Statewatch encourages the publication of investigative journalism and critical research in Europe in fields like the state, justice and home affairs, civil liberties, accountability and openness. |
Successions in Europe: A portal that gathers information on Succession Law from 22 countries of the European Union. |
Doctoral Theses: Doctoral theses developed at UCP in the field of Law. |
Subscribed resources
ABI/INFORM: ABI/INFORM is a resource that provides access to academic journals, dissertations, working papers, and industry reports covering the fields of economics and management. |
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Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection*: Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection is a resource that provides academic journals covering the fields of accounting, taxation, and finance. |
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American Economic Association: The American Economic Association is a resource that provides access to journals edited by the publisher. |
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Asian & European Business Collection*: Asian & European Business Collection is a resource that provides academic journals, newspapers, information on companies, markets, international trade, and business conditions and practices in these regions. |
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Business Market Research Communication*: Business Market Research Communication is a resource that provides market studies on companies and industries. |
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DCM Analytics/Loan Analytics (Only available at Porto Regional Centre): DCM Analytics/Loan Analytics is a benchmarking tool covering global debt capital markets. The reporting packages include a bookrunner and company rankings by industry and region, lists of offerings, and individual transaction profiles. Access is available on the computers provided for this purpose on the 1st floor of the library. For more information, contact biblioteca.porto@ucp.pt. |
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EIKON: Thomson Reuters (Only available at Porto Regional Centre): EIKON is a resource that provides financial analysis data covering areas of innovation in commerce. For more information, contact biblioteca.porto@ucp.pt. |
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Emerald: Emerald is a resource that provides access to journals edited by the publisher. |
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Financial Times: Access the Financial Times in electronic (UK and International) and ePaper (UK, Europe, US, Asia, and Middle East) versions. To access this resource, you must register with your UCP institutional email address (xxx@ucp.pt). |
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MarketLine (Only available for Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics): MarketLine is a business intelligence tool that provides comprehensive data and analysis on sectors, companies, and countries. |
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Sabi: Sabi is a database containing information about companies in Spain and Portugal. |
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Statista* (Only available for Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics): Statista is a resource that provides statistics and reports on various sectors and markets. |
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The Economist (Only available at Porto Regional Centre): Access The Economist's archive, dating back to 1997, and economic and financial reports. For more information, contact biblioteca.porto@ucp.pt |
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Wharton Research Data Services: WRDS is a tool for business intelligence and data analysis, including accounting, banking, economics, ESG, finance, healthcare, marketing, and statistics. To access this resource, you must register with your UCP institutional email address (xxx@ucp.pt). |
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Subscribed electronic journals: Find the complete list of individually subscribed journals in the areas of Management and Economics. |
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Open Access resources
Master’s Dissertations: Master's theses developed at UCP in the field of Management and Economics. |
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European Central Bank: Working Paper Series: Working Paper Series (WPS) disseminates economic research relevant to the various tasks and functions of the ECB and provides a conceptual and empirical basis for policymaking. They are addressed to experts, so readers should be knowledgeable in economics. |
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Foundation of Applied Economics Studies: FEDEA is a research center that has provided working papers that analyze the Spanish economy since 1985. |
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Ifo Working Papers: These Working Papers contain contributions to discussion, mainly in English, of current research by the ifo Institute and the Center for Economic Studies. They present research results for further suggestions and revisions before being submitted to peer-reviewed journals. |
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Market Access Database: European Union: Market Access Database (MADB) gives information to companies exporting from the European Union about import conditions in third-country markets. |
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NBER Working Papers: NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals. Key focus areas include developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, and analyzing the effects of public policies. |
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Strategy and Studies Office: The Office of Strategy and Studies of the Ministry of Economy publishes the GEE Papers series, with which it intends to disseminate academic works on the Portuguese economy. This series of papers is dedicated to the publication of empirical studies with implications for economic policy developed by the Ministry of Economy, covering areas such as economic growth and conjuncture, international trade, investment, innovation, competitiveness, business dynamics, sectors, and regions. |
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Subscribed resources
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database*: Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database is a resource that provides academic journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications covering the fields of advanced technologies and aerospace. |
Agriculture Science Database*: Agriculture Science Database is a resource that provides academic journals covering the fields of agricultural economics and engineering, animal sciences, biotechnology, botany, nutrition, biodiversity, and land use. |
American Chemical Society Publications: ACS search interface, which provides access to more than 80 scientific journals edited by the publisher. |
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): ACM Digital Library is a resource that provides access to journals and e-books edited by the publisher. |
Biological Science Database*: Biological Science Database is a resource that provides academic journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, e-books, and patents covering the fields of biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology, as well as some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. |
Computer Science Database*: Computer Science Database is a resource that provides academic journals covering the fields of computer science, information systems, computer security, database design, software development, e-commerce, and more |
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database*: Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database is a resource that provides academic journals, technical reports, and conference proceedings covering areas such as aquaculture, astrophysics, atmospheric dynamics, climatology, conservation, extraterrestrial geology, fisheries, and weather forecasting. |
Environmental Science Database*: Environmental Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals covering environmental sciences and related disciplines. |
IEEE Xplore: IEEE is a resource that provides access to more than 150 journals edited by the publisher and its partners. |
IOPscience - Institute of Physics: IOPscience is a resource that provides access to more than 70 journals edited by the Institute of Physics. |
Materials Science Database*: Materials Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals covering the fields of aerospace and aircraft engineering, automotive engineering, bioengineering, and biotechnology. |
Qualfood (Only available at Porto Regional Centre): Qualfood is a national database on Food Quality and Safety, Environmental Quality, and HST. For more information, contact biblioteca.porto@ucp.pt. |
Royal Society of Chemistry: RSC is a resource that provides access to more than 50 journals edited by the publisher. |
Science Database*: Science Database is a resource that provides scientific journals in the fields of engineering, computer science, physics, telecommunications, transportation, and military affairs. |
Scitation - American Institute of Physics (AIP): Scitation is a resource that provides access to journals edited by the American Institute of Physics. |
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM): SIAM is a resource that provides access to journals, ebooks, and conference proceedings edited by the publisher. |
Springer Nature: The Springer Nature journal collection provides full access to more than ninety titles published by Nature Publishing Group, covering a range of disciplines, with a focus on biomedicine, dentistry, nutrition, and psychology. |
Open Access resources
Master’s Dissertations: Master's dissertations developed at UCP in the field of Natural and Exact Sciences. |
Doctoral Theses: Doctoral theses developed at UCP in the field of Natural and Exact Sciences. |
Subscribed resources
Arts & Humanities Database*: Arts & Humanities Database is a resource that provides access to journals covering areas such as art, design, archaeology, architecture, history, philosophy, languages, music, and cultural studies. |
International Philosophical Bibliography: IPB is a reference database in the field of Philosophy. |
Library Science Database*: Library Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals covering the fields of Information Science and Library Science. |
Linguistics Database*: Linguistics Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the field of linguistics. |
LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts*: LISA is a resource that provides access to scientific journals covering the fields of Information Science and Library Science. |
Philosopher's Index with Full Text*: Philosopher's Index with Full Text is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the field of philosophy and related disciplines. |
Political Science Database*: Political Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals, theses, conference proceedings, reports, and government documents in the fields of political science, public policy, and international relations. |
Social Science Database*: Social Science Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in various areas of the social sciences. |
Sociology Database*: Sociology Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals and theses in the fields of sociology and social work. |
Open Access resources
Master’s Dissertations: Master's theses developed at UCP in the areas of Social Sciences, Political Science, Communication, and Culture. |
Doctoral Theses: Doctoral theses developed at UCP in the areas of Social Sciences, Political Science, Communication, and Culture. |
Subscribed resources
International Philosophical Bibliography: IPB is a reference database in the field of Philosophy. |
Philosopher's Index with Full Text*: Philosopher's Index with Full Text is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the field of philosophy and related disciplines. |
Religion Database*: Religion Database is a resource that provides access to scientific journals in the fields of spirituality and religious studies. |
Subscribed electronic journals: Find the complete list of individually subscribed journals in the fields of Theology, Religious Studies, and Philosophy. |
Open Access resources
Master’s Dissertations: Master's dissertations developed at UCP in the areas of Theology, Religious Studies, and Philosophy. |
Doctoral Theses: Doctoral theses developed at UCP in the field of Theology, Religious Studies, and Philosophy. |
AMECO database: AMECO is the annual macro-economic database of the European Commission's Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs. The database is used for analysis and reports produced by the directorate general. |
data.europa.eu: The portal provides access to open data from international, EU, national, regional, local and geo data portals. |
EU Web Archive: Web archive to preserve the websites of EU institutions, agencies and bodies published since 1996. |
EUR-Lex: EUR-Lex provides free access to the authentic Official Journal of the European Union, EU law, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, other public documents. |
Eurobarometer: Eurobarometer surveys are the official polling instrument used by the European Parliament, the European Commission and other EU institutions and agencies to monitor regularly the state of public opinion in Europe on issues related to the European Union as well as attitudes on subjects of political or social nature. Eurobarometer provides quality and relevant data for experts in public opinion, researchers, media and the public. |
European Union: databases and publications: Access documents by the EU institutions, bodies and agencies, including legislative texts, official documents, meeting minutes and agendas. |
Europeana: Europeana provides cultural heritage enthusiasts, professionals, teachers, and researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage material. |
Eurostat: Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union and the mission is to provide high quality statistics and data on Europe. |
Publications Office of the European Union: The Publications Office of the European Union is the official provider of publishing services to all EU institutions, bodies, and agencies. As such, it is a central point of access to EU law, publications, open data, research results, procurement notices and other official information. |
Register of Commission Documents: Here you can find various types of Commission documents such as proposals, impact assessments, communications, delegated and implementing acts and other Commission decisions, agendas and minutes of meetings held by the College of Commissioners. |
Tenders Electronic Daily: TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the online version of the 'Supplement to the Official Journal' of the EU, dedicated to European public procurement. |
Other Resources
Canadian Newsstream: Canadian Newsstream is a database that provides full access to over 400 Canadian news sources from the country's leading publishers. It includes articles, feature columns, editorials, reports, and retrospective electronic archives for most newspapers. Most titles are updated daily, and some archives date back to the late 1970s, offering comprehensive coverage of Canadian news. |
Global Breaking Newswires: Global Breaking Newswires is a database that provides real-time access to the world's leading news agencies and is an essential source of current information. In the face of increasing pressure on traditional media, newswires are often the only news coverage available for vast regions of the world. This database offers continuously updated news content and a growing archive, indexed and accessible through the ProQuest platform, allowing for fast and effective searching. |
International Newsstream: International Newsstream is a database that provides access to recent news content from around the world, outside the US and Canada, with archives going back several decades. It includes newspapers, newswires, and full-text news sites, providing information from more than 660 leading international newspapers, such as The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal and the BBC Monitoring series. |
U.S. Newsstream: U.S. Newsstream is a database that provides access to recent news content from the United States, with archives dating back to the 1980s. It includes newspapers, newswires, blogs, and full-text news sites and offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. It also provides one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers. |
Eurostat: Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe. This platform offers a whole range of important and interesting data that governments, businesses, the education sector, journalists and the public can use for their work and daily life. |
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE): INE produces, in an independent manner, high-quality official statistical information, relevant for the society, while promoting the coordination, the analysis, the innovation and the dissemination of the national statistical activity and ensuring integrated data storage. |
PORDATA: PORDATA collects, organizes, systematizes and disseminates data on multiple areas of society, for Portugal and its municipalities, and for the European countries. The reported statistics derive from official and certified sources, with data production skills in the respective areas. |
Over the years, institutions and individuals have donated archival and old book collections to the Universidade Católica Portuguesa Libraries with the intention that they will be carefully kept, catalogued, shared, and consulted. The nature of these funds, both in terms of their documentary type and their scientific and historical foundation, as well as their state of preservation, are highly variable.
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Ação Social Democrata Independente - ASDI |
Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Special collection and archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Special collection |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Colégio dos Inglesinhos |
Special collection |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
Cónego Falcão |
Special collection |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
Special collection |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Dalila Pereira da Costa |
Archive |
Paraíso Library (Porto) |
José Coelho |
Special collection |
José Pedro da Silva Library (Viseu) |
Eduardo Coelho |
Special collection and archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
Francisco Videira Pires |
Special collection |
Braga Regional Centre Libraries |
Special collection |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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João Franco |
Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
Luís Couto dos Santos |
Special collection |
Braga Regional Centre Libraries |
Maestro Ivo Cruz |
Archive |
Paraíso Library (Porto) |
Special collection and archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Special collection and archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
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Padre Fino |
Special collection |
José Pedro da Silva Library (Viseu) |
Projeto A e B (Reforma Agrária e PREC) |
Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
Archive |
João Paulo II University Library (Lisbon) |
For additional information about the special funds of the UCP Libraries or how to access the funds, please contact the corresponding Library.
Tools
1. Go to Google Scholar and click the three-line menu in the top left corner of the page.
2. Click on Settings at the bottom of the side navigation menu.
3. Select the "Library links" option on the left side of the page and in the search box, look for "Universidade Católica Portuguesa":
4. Check the box next to "Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Texto integral UCP” and click on the Save button to save your new settings:
5. Run your searches on Google Scholar and click on the UCP Full Text option to access the resource. In the case that you are not already authenticated, you’ll be redirected to an Office 365 authentication page, where you should login with your UCP credentials (xxx@ucp.pt):
For the development of evidence synthesis works in the Health Sciences, the UCP Libraries recommend a set of reference materials.
Guidelines
The official guide for preparing Cochrane systematic reviews. This handbook contains information on standard methods that apply to all types of reviews (planning, search, study selection, data collection, risk of bias assessment, and result interpretation). |
Platform that allows to search within a set of methodological guidelines aimed at the development of different types of health research. |
Designed to provide authors with a comprehensive guide to conducting JBI systematic reviews. It describes in detail the process of planning, undertaking, and writing up a systematic review using JBI methods. |
Initiative that developed a set of tools and guidelines for the reporting of evidence-based syntheses, such as the PRISMA Checklist, the PRISMA Flow Diagram and the PRISMA Checklist for Scoping Reviews. |
Thesauri
CINAHL specific thesaurus, designed to assist in more effectively searching in this database. Although based on MeSH, it is recommended, if applicable, to always check whether the MeSH terms collected for the investigation correspond or not to the preferred terms of CINAHL. To search the thesaurus, go to the upper menu and select the CINAHL Subject Headings option. |
Descritores em da Saúde (DeCS) is the controlled vocabulary used for indexing research outputs and other documents in the biomedical field. It corresponds to the Virtual Health Library’s translation of the MeSH vocabulary. |
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is the National Library of Medicine controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed. |
Search process
Set of guiding items for the development of systematic reviews of intervention and meta-analyses. |
Representative diagram of the studies selection and screening phases in evidence synthesis works. |
Set of guiding items for the development of scoping reviews and corresponding protocols. |
Results screening
Free and open-source software to store, organize, manage, and share bibliographic references, also allowing to automatically create citations and the respective bibliographies. |
This free web-based tool was created to assist researchers conducting systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and other knowledge synthesis projects by significantly speeding up the screening and selection process. |
Protocol register
Repository for preserving research data produced during the project lifecycle. For each submission, a persistent digital object identifier (DOI) is assigned, which makes the stored items easily citable. |
International platform for the register of evidence syntheses protocols. A fee must be paid to register, update and assign a DOI to the protocols. |
Free platform that allows the collaborative management of research projects throughout their lifecycle. The deposit of research data and protocols facilitates their reproducibility. For each submission, a persistent digital object identifier (DOI) is assigned, which makes the stored items easily citable. |
PROSPERO accepts registrations for systematic reviews, rapid reviews and umbrella reviews. PROSPERO does not accept scoping reviews or literature scans. |
Open repository that allows researchers to deposit research papers, data sets, research software, reports, and any other research related digital artefacts. For each submission, a persistent digital object identifier (DOI) is assigned, which makes the stored items easily citable. |
To facilitate the management of information resources and the elaboration of bibliographic references, the UCP Libraries suggest the use of reference management softwares:
Web and desktop version; |
Web and desktop version; |