Library databases | Web sites |
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Library databases get their information from professionals or experts in the field. | Web sites can be written by anyone regardless of expertise. |
Library databases contain published works where facts are checked. | Web site content is not necessarily checked by an expert. |
Library databases are easy to cite in a bibliography and may create the citation for you. | Web sites often don’t provide the information necessary to create a complete citation. |
Library databases can help you narrow your topic or suggest related subjects. | Web sites often aren’t organized to support student research needs. |
Library databases are updated frequently and include the date of publication. | Web sites may not indicate when a page is updated. |
Any source, whether a library database or website, can have good information. It is necessary to think critically about all information that you read or view.
A way to locate newspaper, magazine, or journal articles with statistics in it is to use the word STATISTICS in your search. Keep in mind, you may find articles with the word statistics, but without any statistical data.
For example:
In Gale Academic Onefile (http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=AONE&u=cuny_queensboro) I ran the following advance search on March 17, 2014:
KEYWORD: Statistics AND KEYWORD: teenaged or teenager or teen AND KEYWORD: pregnant or pregnancy
The results were as follows: Academic Journals (155); Magazines (54); Books (3); News (139); Audios (5)
A way to locate newspaper, magazine, or journal articles with statistics in it is to use the advance search
For example:
In Gale Academic Onefile (http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=AONE&u=cuny_queensboro) in the Advance Search try: Keyword (teanager Or teen Or teenaged) And Keyword (pregnant Or pregnancy) LIMITS: Document Type ("Statistical data" Or "Statistical table" Or "Survey" Or "Table" X)
Your Results
Academic Journals (7)