The two types
of databases that you will be using are: library catalog and article
databases.
Library
catalogs
organize all of the materials a library purchases.
These include records for books, magazines, journals, newspapers,
videos, sound recordings, images, etc.
MnPALS
does not include articles.
Article
databases
are
used to identify articles on a topic.
Some
article databases such as InfoTrac are general or multidisciplinary.
Some
databases specialize in a particular subject area, such as nursing,
legal, or business.
