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Intro to Databases at Duquesne

Lesson 3: Intro to Databases

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Intro to Databases at Duquesne

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Over 200 databases

Organized◦ Alphabetically◦ By Subject Area

Different types of databases◦ Collections of ARTICLES◦ Indexes ◦ Types of information

Reference Drug Info Statistics

Databases at Gumberg

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Databases We Will Use:

Topics and Background Info

Articles of All Types

Electronic Reference Collections◦ Literati by CREDO◦ Gale Virtual Reference◦ Oxford Digital

Reference◦ Sage eReference

CQ Researcher

Collections of ARTICLES◦ ProQuest Central

◦ Academic Search Elite (Ebsco)

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A great place to start research or develop a topic on issues facing us today

in America

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CQ Researcher PLUS Archive Contains in-depth, unbiased reports on

current issues

New reports added every week or so

Reports go back until 1923

So, can easily track longstanding issues

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Access our databases:

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Organized…

• By Subject

• A-Z

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By Subject

EXAMPLE:

These are the databasesspecifically geared forBUSINESS research.

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Alphabetically

EXAMPLE:

Academic Search Elite

• If you know the name of the database you are looking for

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Accessing ProQuest and ASE

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For our eReference Collections…