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Internet vs. Online Databases

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.

How to search LAUSD's Digital Library
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Published on Sep 29, 2011

Which Database Should I Use?

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
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