Using Library Databases

Objectives:

Learn to use library databases for accessing resources.

What Database Should I Use?

Libraries subscribe to databases in order to have access to digital copies of books and articles. Libraries also subscribe to streaming video databases. A database will organize all of the bibliographic information about a source and then link to the full-text of that source. View the descriptions of several databases below and then select the database that would be best for finding information on a given topic.

Test Yourself: Match the Topic to the Most Relevant Database

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Match the items.

The task is to match the lettered items with the correct numbered items. Appearing below is a list of lettered items. Following that is a list of numbered items. Each numbered item is followed by a drop-down. Select the letter in the drop down that best matches the numbered item with the lettered alternatives.

a. You are in need of a peer-reviewed journal article on the education of children with down syndrome.
b. You want to find out more information about the different branches of gevernment in the united States. Just an overview would be enough.
c. You heard on the news this morning that cell phones may cause brain cancer. You want to read this story.
d. Your mother was recently diagnosed with celiac disease. You want to find some articles for her on living with the disorder such as the benefits of exercise and diet in controlling symptoms.
e. You want to find a journal article on hydrogen bonding with liquid chrystalline phases.

1. Academic Search Premier
2. Health Source: Consumer Edition
3. ScienceDirect
4. Gale Virtual Reference Library
5. National Newspapers Core

Turn the pages to learn about searching databases by clicking on the right or left side of each page.

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Test Yourself: Searching the Databases

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