database search
Querying stored information
A database search is a query to retrieve specific information from a structured collection of data.
The term covers everything from simple lookups to complex queries across multiple tables: The database search returned thousands of matching records.
In everyday use, it often refers to searching any large digital repository—court records, library catalogs, customer information systems.
- queryRequest for information
- lookupAct of retrieving information
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- retrievalAct of getting back
- SQLDatabase manipulation language
exact match · filter · keyword · results · records · tables · cursor · fetch · scan · match · wildcard · schema · rows · columns · catalog · archive · browse · sorting
- Research Prepliterature review, pilot study, feasibility study, sample testing, theoretical framework
- library servicesyouth services, bookmobiles, reference desk, reference librarian, mobile libraries
- matchmakingmatchmaker, matchmakers, matchmaking, matchmaking services, introduction
- digital researchdatabase, digital libraries, digital archives, preprints, databases
- library researchliterature review, citation, journals, scholarly articles, academic journals
- online referencereference desk, live chat, online help, homework help, online databases
database searchguessing
Estimating without certainty
wild guess · intuition · trial and error · browsing · gut feeling
data, base, search, bases, based, basing, baseline, searched, searches