Summary

Electronic database	Advantages	Disadvantages
LibSearch	Access to content licensed by the VU or open material Search in specific VU collections Direct access to online content.	Search for articles in printed journals is not possible Search options are limited. Use specific literature databases for advanced searching
Web of Science / Scopus	Covers all academic disciplines Records include reference lists Citations show how many times and by whom an article is cited.	You will not find all publications on a certain topic. Publications have to meet certain standards to be included in the database.
Subject-specific database	You only find titles related to the subject in question. These are usually references - and sometimes abstracts - of articles in journals, (chapters in) books, dissertations, papers, book reviews and so on.It	It is always recommended to use a second database, for instance to find literature on interdisciplinary topics. Documents may not be available in the Netherlands.