code: def updatej9DB(dbname = abrevDBname, saveRawHTML = False):
      
      if saveRawHTML:
          rawDir = '{}/j9Raws'.format(os.path.dirname(__file__))
          if not os.path.isdir(rawDir):
              os.mkdir(rawDir)
          _j9SaveCurrent(sDir = rawDir)
      dbLoc = os.path.join(os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), dbname)
      try:
          with dbm.dumb.open(dbLoc, flag = 'c') as db:
              try:
                  j9Dict = _getCurrentj9Dict()
              except urllib.error.URLError:
                  raise urllib.error.URLError("Unable to access server, check your connection")
              for k, v in j9Dict.items():
                  if k in db:
                      for jName in v:
                          if jName not in j9Dict[k]:
                              j9Dict[k] += '|' + jName
                  else:
                      db[k] = '|'.join(v)
      except dbm.dumb.error as e:
          raise JournalDataBaseError("Something happened with the database of WOS journal names. To fix this you should delete the 1 to 3 files whose names start with {}. If this doesn't work (sorry), deleteing everything in '{}' and reinstalling metaknowledge should.\nThe error was '{}'".format(dbLoc, os.path.dirname(__file__), e))
docs: Updates the database of Journal Title Abbreviations. Requires an internet connection. The data base is saved relative to the source file not the working directory.
  
      # Parameters
  
      _dbname_ : `optional [str]`
  
      > The name of the database file, default is "j9Abbreviations.db"
  
      _saveRawHTML_ : `optional [bool]`
  
      > Determines if the original HTML of the pages is stored, default `False`. If `True` they are saved in a directory inside j9Raws begining with todays date.