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What Does a Database Do?

Databases are also known as ARTICLE INDEXES because they POINT you to where an article can be found. When you search a database, it retrieves a list of records matching your search terms. Each record includes a citation for a specific article.

MOUSE OVER the citation below to learn the pieces of information it includes:

Author of the work Title of the work
Date of the work
Author of the work Date of the work Title of the work
Author of the work
Title of the work
Date of the work
Title of the work Journal title, volume and issue numbers Pages
Title of the work
Pages
Journal title, volume and issue numbers
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Citations are very important:
They lead you to a journal article in a library
They are the used to cite an article and create a bibliography
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