Which Database should I use?

Depending on your topic, you may have to search in more than one database, as you may not be able to "guess" which database will be the best for your topic. It is a good idea to search in more than one place and compare your results from database to database....

Some of the databases below include articles from popular sources, like magazines and newspapers. These databases allow you to limit your search to Academic/Scholarly sources. If you are not sure if the source you have is scholarly, you can look for the following elements in the paper:

• It might begin with an abstract, or summary
• The institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s) is (are) usually provided
• It concludes with a list of references, a bibliography, or a works cited