BASE Search

BASE Search finds research papers and reports. It's free and focuses on open access stuff.

Academic Search Tool
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What is BASE Search?

BASE Search helps you find academic info. It looks through open-access materials like articles and theses. You can filter by date or subject. It doesn't search the full text, just titles and summaries. It’s great for students and researchers. You can also export citations.

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Key Features

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    Bibliographic Metadata Search.
    BASE Search helps you find academic content by searching through descriptions of the documents, like summaries. It doesn’t search the full text of the documents themselves.

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    Advanced Search Options.
    You can narrow down your searches by using filters. These filters include the type of document (like articles or theses), the subject area, and when it was published.

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    Boolean Operators.
    You can use words like AND, OR, and NOT to make your searches more specific.

     

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    Repository and Accessibility Filters.
    You can filter your searches to find open-access materials, specific license types, and different types of repositories, such as institutional or research data repositories.

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    Multi-Format Export.
    You can save your search results in various citation formats, such as BibTeX, RIS, and EndNote.

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    Faceted Search.
    Faceted search options help you narrow your results by categories.

Frequent questions for BASE Search

  • How does BASE Search promote open access?

    It helps by showing freely available learning stuff from all over.

  • How do I export search results from BASE Search?

    You can save your finds as BibTeX, RIS, or EndNote files.

  • What types of documents can be searched in BASE Search?

    You can find articles, theses, reports, and conference talks from schools.

  • Can BASE Search be used with other tools?

    Yes, if you're not a business, you can hook up BASE Search to your tool for free using something called an API.

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