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What's in a Database

College, university & research libraries provide ARTICLE (or periodical) DATABASES to their patrons. In databases, records represent articles from magazines, newspapers and journals. Academic libraries subscribe to lots of specialized periodical databases so that students, staff and faculty may conduct research in their discipline.

Popular Magazine
Popular Magazines
Periodical Databases feature artices from
Scholarly Journal
Scholarly Journals
Click on each cover to learn the difference between articles that are popular versus those that are scholarly in nature.
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