Databases Wrap-up

As we have seen, sometimes the full text of an article is not available in the database. In the next module, Finding, we will discuss how you locate those articles that aren't available full text. For now, don't forget everything you have learned about searching databases:

  • Databases are stores of articles from a wide variety of periodicals, like newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals.
  • Unlike the catalog, just because something is in a database doesn't mean that the library has that material, so be sure to write down the citation if the full text is unavailable.
  • When you are searching a database you are NOT searching the internet.
Searching the internet does sound like fun. Let's check out Search Engines!

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