Finding Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles Return to Library Home Page Return to Previous Page Understanding Databases and Searching for Articles Watch and listen, then click the back button to return to this page. Finding journal , magazine , and newspaper articles , that are relevant to your research assignments is important.
Databases are storehouses for large amounts of information.
You will often use databases to find articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. The Elihu Burritt Library subscribes to approximately 100 databases, each with a different purpose. Besides learning how to search these databases, you should also become familiar with their content. You wouldn't use the ERIC database to find information on an artist, nor would you use Art Abstracts to find information about lesson plans for first-graders. It is crucial to search the correct database for your research topic.