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Database
A database provides
a way of organizing information so that you can easily find what
you are looking for.
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A databases
(also called periodical
or article
index) includes the citations
of articles in magazines, journals and newspapers.
Some databases contain abstracts or brief summaries of the articles. A
few contain the full text or entire content of whole articles as
they originally appeared in the periodical.
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In
an electronic database each article or book has its own record,
which provides information about it.
Each record is composed of individual pieces of information called
fields. Fields include such information as the author, title, publisher,
subject heading, etc. for that item. Each of these fields is a searchable
access point to the information.
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