College Composition / Unit 21 CMP 0511 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Libraries and Databases
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The idea
Databases, usually reached through a library website, are organized collections that index articles, reports, book chapters and government documents.
In practice
General-interest databases cover many topics; subject databases focus on one discipline's scholarly and technical journals.
Where people slip
Database searching takes practice; expect to refine terms and ask for help.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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