===== 📚 Academic & Research Databases =====

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==== General Academic Search ====
    * [[https://scholar.google.com/|Google Scholar]] — Academic literature search  
    * [[https://www.semanticscholar.org/|Semantic Scholar]] — AI-powered academic research engine  
    * [[https://www.base-search.net/|BASE]] — Bielefeld Academic Search Engine for scholarly documents  
    * [[https://core.ac.uk/|CORE]] — Global aggregator of open access research papers  
    * [[https://search.worldcat.org/|WorldCat]] — Global library catalog  

==== Scientific & Technical ====
    * [[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/|PubMed]] — Biomedical and life sciences literature  
    * [[https://arxiv.org/|arXiv]] — Open-access preprints in science, math, and computer science  
    * [[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp|IEEE Xplore]] — Technical literature in engineering and computer science  
    * [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/|ScienceDirect]] — Scientific publications and journals (commercial)  
    * [[https://link.springer.com/?|SpringerLink]] — Academic books and journals (commercial/freemium)  

==== Research Tools ====
    * [[https://app.litmaps.com/|Litmaps]] — Visualize citation networks  
    * [[https://www.researchgate.net/|ResearchGate]] — Academic social network and research sharing  
    * [[https://www.academia.edu/|Academia.edu]] — Platform for academic paper sharing  
    * [[https://www.openaire.eu/|OpenAIRE]] — Open access research aggregator  
    * [[https://doaj.org/|Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)]] — Index of peer-reviewed open-access journals