Moving from one source to another. The steps you take in retrieving information to answer your information need. Here the strategy is simply to find a phone directory. Database a tool used to store, organize and retrieve information. For purposes of this class, database is a broad, general term for an index, or a catalog or an abstracting index or a book, which is on-line.
Databases can be of many types.
Catalog An ordered compilation of item descriptions, where those items are held together. An organized description of items available on a specified subject or array of subjects. May use a controlled vocabulary. Understand the differences between an index and a catalog. MiamiLINK is not a database, though it is possible to do a site search to find where the links or pages of information are.