When you're reading the requirements for your assignments, you may see your instructor use lots of different words to describe the kinds of sources you are expected to use: books, video, articles, journals, databases, etc. Some of these are straightforward (you know what a book is!). Some can be a little confusing - articles, journals, and databases are often mixed up together. How do these three kinds of information sources interact?
The library provides subscriptions to both databases and to some journals not included within databases. You can use our databases to find articles, or you can search inside specific journals. Either way counts as using a library source!
The Library Article Search is a tool that allows you to search within multiple databases at one time and see the results from all the databases in one place. It includes many, but not all, of the library's databases in its searches. It can be a good starting point for many topics since it searches across such a wide range of resources.
If you find an interesting article in the Article Search, the links under the View Online section should take you to that article in the database (or databases) where it lives.
The video tutorial below is for Academic Search Complete, but it will teach you many skills that are useful when using other databases as well.