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Articles from Databases

What are Journal Articles?

Journal Articles are stored in Databases. Databases are like electronic filing cabinets.

 

image of filing cabinet

Researchers write articles about their research and then publish them in Academic Journals. Then these Journals are available through Databases that the library purchases for your use.

Why use Databases? Why not just Google the information?

Anyone can publish on the internet. They may or may not know their topic. In order to publish in a Journal, you must be an expert and meet specific standards in your area of expertise.

This means that you can trust what you read in a Journal Article.

Best Databases to Begin

These are general interest databases. Scroll down to view databases specific to science topics.

Fun facts: Credo has an awesome feature called Mind Map that gives you a visual of how your term connects to related terms.

Academic Search Elite provides Subject Terms that allows you to search through the keywords used by their database and find just the right one for your search. It is also excellent for narrowing down your topic.

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