Databases

What kind of sources are appropriate for academic papers?

• Popular Magazine Articles

• Scholarly Articles and Books

• Things I Overheard at the Cafeteria

• Anything I Can Find On Google

Where can I find scholarly books and articles online?

• Anything on Google

• Buzzfeed

• MVMS Library Databases

• Magazines in Waiting Rooms

Where do I find library databases?

• cvschools.libguides.com/MVMSdatabases

• SnapChat

• In a Book

• I don't need them. I'll just use Google.

What is Gale?

• A weather condition

• A young child's name

• The publisher of most of our academic databases

• An old lady's name

The district pays for our subscriptions to databases, just like your family might pay for Netflix.

• True

• False

Where do I find the password to access databases off-campus?

• https://cvschools.libguides.com/MVMSdatabases

• My Google Drive

• It's just password123 like all my passwords

• Skyward

Database sources are all always full text.

• True

• False

Which databases provide MLA citations?

• JSTOR

• EBSCO

• Gale

• Google

I can use the public library databases with a library card.

• True

• False

How can you find the passwords for the databases? This is especially important if you try to access them from home.

• Ask Mrs. Faulkner

• Ask your parents

• Click on the passwords box at cvschools.libguides.com/MVMSdatabases

• Just give up - there is no way to find the passwords when you are at home