Narrated Searching in Google is just the tip of the Iceberg...

Searching in Google is just the tip of the Iceberg.

Google searches often don't produce the BEST sites, just the QUICKEST TO FIND.

Why are databases useful?

• Magazine, newspaper, book, and journal articles, radio and TV transcripts.
• Designed for students and researchers.
• Specific to certain subjects.
• Written by experts or journalists (who interview experts).
• More scholarly. Colleges EXPECT that you will know how to use these.
• More reliable.

Beneath the surface...

Databases provide the following:

There's a whole world of information.

Books: Print books, ebooks, and audiobooks from our Library catalogs.

Web: Find better results using advanced methods. There are books in Google too!

Databases: Find articles from books, magazines, and other sources through the

Library's website, that you can't get by searching Google.

• Results sorted by RELEVANCY or DATE.

You can switch this.

• Search within your results.
• Choose the format.
• Email/print-friendly options.
• Translation and text-to-speech options.
• Fully-formatted citations to copy and paste.

How do I get to them?

• They are NOT free. The Library has a subscription to them.
• Some need this login and password outside of school: montytech1.
• You need to go to the Library's website to get to them.

http://montytech.net

How is searching a database different

from Google?

• Databases search titles, authors, summaries, and subjects of thousands of articles.
• Google searches through the entire text of millions of pages.

This is why a database search produces fewer results.

• The less and more specific keywords you search, the better.
• If one keyword does not work, use one that is similar in meaning.
• Avoid punctuation and special characters.