Imagine... a room full of books, strewn all over the
place, and consider how hard it would be to find a particular title (a
little alphabetization would go a long way).
Well, the Internet is just like that room.
And librarians and database designers make things way
easier for you.
How do databases and libraries create order out of chaos?
Why teach students how to access databases?
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- What is a database? - a lot of different things.
- But, to be clear, let's use this definition:
- DATABASE: an organized collection of information in computerized format.
- Access to some databases is free, others, you enter through school library paid subscriptions (or the electronic journals of public and university libraries.
