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Databases, page 1 of 4
Databases, especially periodical databases, are one of the most useful search tools for students when working on course-required assignments.
All major points of access -- keyword, subject, title and author -- are available when searching databases.
When selecting a database to search, consider these characteristics:
- subject area(s) of the database; while the subject coverage of databases may be broad, others are limited to a specific subject areas, such as psychology
- publication types (may have more than one type of material, such as periodicals and essays, etc.)
- geographic area (from limited to the U.S. to world coverage)
- language
- time period covered by the database (subject coverage in many electronic databases may only date back to the 1980s)
- availability of materials indexed
- is the source owned or available from the Mildred F. Sawyer Library
- or is it located in another library in Boston?
- is it available in full-text from the database?