Any record which can be used to support a scholarly research argument.
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A collection of organized information,usually the results of experience, observation or experiment, or a set ofpremises. This may consist of numbers, words, or images, particularly asmeasurements or o
bservations of a set of variables.
Databases hold data (digital data) ; those data represent facts - the content in a form processable by computers. Those content facts have meaning to an agent, but to understand that meaning an agent
need to understand the concepts that are used.
A collection of electronically stored data or unit records (facts, bibliographic data, texts) with a common user interface and software for the retrieval and manipulation of data (NISO)