What is a library database?

Searching in library databases is different to searching on the internet. 

The short video below explains how to search in library databases to access credible, academic research that will save you time on your assessments. 

Library databases are very large collections of articles from academic journals.  We subscribe to a number of high quality databases which you are able to access for free through your student account.
Searching in library databases allows you to:

• Limit search results so you can quickly remove irrelevant results
• Limit to academic and peer-reviewed sources
• Combine keywords to develop sophisticated searche

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