The document discusses library databases as a resource for research. It explains that library databases contain published academic works that have been reviewed by experts, making the information reliable and easy to cite. The document provides login credentials for the school's library databases and lists the types of sources available, including articles, ebooks, images, and reference materials. It compares library databases to websites, noting databases contain peer-reviewed sources while websites can contain inaccurate or outdated information from any author.

1. Library Resources

2. Learning objectives
 Why using library databases for research
makes it easier to document your sources
 How to find the databases on the media
center homepage, find articles, and email
them to yourself
 How to create a skillful internet search

3.  Electronic index
 Contains information about published
items and is searchable by keyword and
subject
 Aggregator of published information and
institutions must pay for access
 Uses the same interface as searching the
internet (web browser) but requires
login/password to access

4.  Use the login: ndpma
 And the password: irish

5.  Articles from journals and magazines
 Ebooks
 Newspapers
 Images
 Audio
 Video
 Reference (encyclopedias, almanacs,
biographical dictionaries)
 Abstracts

6.  All articles in peer-reviewed, academic,
and scholarly journals are read and
approved by another scholar in the field
before the article can be published.

7. Library Databases Websites
Written by professionals or
experts in the field
May be written by anyone
Contains published works where
facts are checked
Not necessarily fact-checked by
an expert
Easy to cite in your works cited
page
More difficult to cite
Information is accurate Can disappear or change at any
time
Updated frequently and include
the publication date
May not have been updated in
years nor indicate when it was
last updated
Reliable results Random results

8.  Accuracy
 Authority
 Objectivity
 Currency
 Coverage

10. What needs to be
documented/cited?
Exact words of an author (direct quote)
 Concepts and ideas that are not your own
(even when you put them into your own
words, or paraphrase).
 Facts that are not common knowledge.
 Pictures, photos, poems, cartoons, or
other artwork you did not create yourself.

11. Keep in mind…
 Any information source - whatever the
format or the medium - must be cited if it
is the origin of your ideas, images, or
words. Here are some examples of the
kinds of information sources that should
be cited if they are the source of your
words, ideas, or images:

12. Examples
Books or parts of books Web pages
TV or radio
broadcasts
Encyclopedia articles Email messages Interviews
Journal, magazine, or
newspaper articles
Electronic mailing
list or newsgroup
postings
Speeches
Electronic full-text
articles
Films or videos Letters
Software Recordings

13. Common Knowledge
 Historical facts: “Abraham Lincoln was the
16th president of the United States.
 Mathematical equations
 Authors of well-known works