Databases (in a library use of the word) are collections of articles and other sources of scholarly information. They can be searched by using keywords and often provide peer-reviewed or scholarly articles for your research.
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Here is a link to the library's A to Z list of Indexes/Databases:
Popular Publications versus Scholarly Journals
(3:30 Webcast) Learn about the main differences between popular publications (Time, Rolling Stone) and scholarly journals (Nature, American Journal of Physical Anthropology).