Follow the links to help you better understand the material. Complete Section Two of your Shortcuts Worksheet. It is titled Electronic Research Basics . You can download a copy of the worksheet right now if you don't have yours handy. They all operate in just about the same way even though they index different things.
All databases have an organizational plan or a structure.
Not all electronic databases can be accessed via the internet. A keyword is a word that occurs anywhere. It can be a word in the title OR the author's name OR the name of the publisher OR a word in the text Controlled vocabulary is usually a subject term, an agreed upon word to describe and define a concept or a thing. Look up Lawyers in the Yellow Pages of any telephone book. Instead, you will be directed to look under the commonly used, agreed upon term Attorneys .