What is an online periodical database?

​online = on the Internet

periodical = magazine, newspaper, or journal. Publication that is published periodically (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly)

database = searchable collection of electronic information

How is a database different from a website?

• NOT free - can't find the same results on Google

• Subscription required

• No ads

• Reliable (edited and fact-checked)

• Includes citation for bibliographies

• Updated information (an filter by publication date)

• Search strategies are different (Google = fast food, Database = sit down restaurant)

Boolean Operators Video

• AND: limits a search by requiring each term to be present.

• OR: expands the search by combining search terms into a larger set.

• NOT: limits a search by requiring a term not to be present.

Boolean Modifiers Video

• QUOTATIONS: " " put quotation marks around a phrase of two or more words that should be together. (example: "social media")

• ASTERISK: * to find words that begin with the same characters but end differently, use an asterisk. Type root words followed by * (example: teach* finds "teacher," "teachers," and "teaching".

• BRACKETS: ( ) to direct the database to which terms you want it to search for first. (example: (cat* NOT p-cat) AND therap* or treatment*) )