Internet vs. Online Databases
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Internet:
• Free Access to websites • When you conduct a search, you may receive thousands of results, which is too many to go through • Results tend to NOT be exact matches • Information on the Web could be created by anyone, NOT experts • Some websites may be difficult to navigate or need special programs to open special documents URL Domain:
What does the URL say about the site or page? · .gov - Government agency · .net - Internet Service Provider · .com - Commercial site · .edu - Higher education · .mil - Military site · .org - Organization |
Database:
• Cost money to subscribe to (BUT LAUSD provides access to many databases) • When you conduct a search, you are given results that better match what you are looking for • Excellent source for journal/magazine/newspaper articles, and encyclopedia entries • Information is checked by the publisher for accuracy • Easy to navigate • Provides special features: email or download options, printer-friendly format, how to cite source, etc. |
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How to search LAUSD's Digital Library
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Which Database Should I Use?
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Art/Images/Music
Associated Press - AP Images Oxford Art Online Oxford Music Online Biography American National Biography Infobase - American Women's History Gale Databases - Biography in Context Infobase - Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Salem Press - Great Lives in History & Contemporary Bio English Infobase - Bloom's Literary Reference Online Columbia’s Granger's World of Poetry EBSCO Publishing - Literary Reference Center Plus Gale Databases - Gale Literary Sources Gale Databases - Literature Resource Center Gale Databases- LitFinder Geography Columbia Gazetteer of the World CultureGrams Maps 101 Infobase - World Geography & Culture Online Health Infobase - Health Reference Center EBSCO Publishing - Consumer Health Complete Salem Press Health Issues/Controversies/Opinions
Infobase - Issues and Controversies in American History Infobase - Issues and Controversies Gale Databases - Opposing Viewpoints SIRS Discoverer - Proquest Controversial Issues Reference - resources on a wide variety of topics
Gale Databases - Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Databases - General Reference Center Oxford Reference Online Gale Databases - All Gale Database search Infobase - World Geography & Culture Cavendish Square Digital E-Library |
History - Ancient Civilizations
Infobase - Ancient and Medieval History Online EBSCO Publishing - History Reference Center Cavendish Square Digita History - Medieval ABC Clio - World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras Infobase - Ancient and Medieval History Online Salem Press - Great Events from the Middle Ages EBSCO Publishing - History Reference Center Cavendish Square Digital History - US Infobase - African-American History Online ABC Clio - American Government ABC Clio - American History Infobase - American History Online Infobase - American Indian History Infobase - American Women's History Cavendish Square Digital Infobase - Issues and Controversies in American History Salem Press History EBSCO Publishing - History Reference Center History - World CultureGrams Infobase - Modern World History Infobase - World Atlas Infobase - World News Digest EBSCO Publishing - History Reference Center Science Infobase - Science Online Gale Databases - Science In Context Gale Databases - Opposing Viewpoints Science, Technology and Ethics Infobase - Today's Science Cavendish Square Digital |
