Online Databases vs. Search Engines

What is a database?

•  allows you to efficiently search for published information such as magazine, journal, and newspaper articles
• a search engine to find wikipedia articles
• a librarian that has correct and reliable information on certain subjects
• Google

What is a search engine?

• a paid library website that gives reliable information
• a library online catalog
• searches the Internet and identifies items that match the characters and keywords entered by a user
• a collection of full text articles used for research projects

What is an example of a database?

• Google
• Yahoo!
• Wikipedia
• World Book Online

What is an example of a search engine?

• Gale Student Resources in Context
• Google
• Gale Power Search
• Britannica

This is an example of...

• a search engine
• a library database

This is an example of...

• a search engine
• a library database

When is a good time to use a search engine?

• When working on a research project for English class
• To find movie times for this weekend
• To find fact checked information for a homework assignment
• To find reliable information on specific topis

When is a good time to use a database?

• When completing a research assignment for class
• to find the nearest mall
• when playing trivial pursuit with your friends
• to online shop

What can't you do with databases?

• Narrow your search results
• Find full text scholarly articles
• Copy and paste already completed citations into a works cited
• Upload a website you created yourself

Where can you find and use our library databases?

• By doing a Google search
• Destiny home page or through the Massaponax website
• Only when you're in the library
• In a book