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Databases
OverviewOverview
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1. Databases: First Steps2. Database Searching: Basic to Expert3. Databases: Results
What’s so great about electronic information?
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Accessible anytimeAccessible anywherePeer reviewed and authoritative
Public Library or College Resource Centre:Always “checked in” All locations (Branch or Campus) have
equal access
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• Databases are not the internet.
• They are an electronic repository and tool for finding information.
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Next slides illustrate database resources that duplicate book, newspaper and magazine collections….
1….The Ottawa Citizen2….Contemporary Literary Criticism3….Dictionary of Canadian Biography4….Opposing Viewpoints
The Ottawa Citizen in Canadian Newsstand
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The same essays on the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, that were traditionally found in Contemporary Literary Criticism, can now be found in the Literature Resource Centre.
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
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In Summary…In Summary…
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Same information sourceDifferent format
Publishers of databases ….
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Major Database Publishers:
Thomson Gale
ProQuest
EBSCO Host
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Gale databases: common elements
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Publisher identificationDatabase identificationSearch boxSearch optionsOther tools
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Health Reference Center Academic
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General Reference Center Gold
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……and now compare the others:
ProQuest & EBSCO Host
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Where do you find the databases?
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Find Articles and Research Guides:
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Selecting a Database:
Databases are listed alphabetically, or grouped together by subject,
They can be limited by language.
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‘In-Library Use Only’ Databases
Databases marked with the icon:
are accessible only in
the library
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“Full-Text Only”
This list is a tool to determine which database to search, but...
It is index to full-text magazines and newspapers only.
It doesn’t contain titles
from which articles are
only cited or abstracted.
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Searching the List of Magazines and Newspapers
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Canadian Musician
Results:
“Canadian Musician”
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And so…
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now you know what the databases are, where to find them and how to choose among them.
Next up, How to search …