sourcesacademic
SourcesAcademic is a term used in scholarly discussions to describe an integrated, federated platform that aggregates scholarly sources from multiple databases and repositories to support discovery and research. In this framing, SourcesAcademic aims to provide broad coverage across journals, conference proceedings, theses, preprints, datasets, and other scholarly outputs, with an emphasis on interoperable metadata and open access where possible.
Data model and interoperability: Records are modeled with standardized metadata such as Dublin Core, schema.org, BibTeX,
Features: A typical hypothetical implementation would offer unified search, faceted filtering by discipline, year, author, and
Data sources and governance: In practice, a real-world realization would rely on collaboration with publishers, repositories,
Reception and status: As a conceptual model, SourcesAcademic is used to discuss improvements to bibliographic ecosystems
See also: Google Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref, Dimensions, bibliographic databases.