This module covers how to use databases to identify articles on a subject. This section contains 13 segments and will take approximately 20 to 25 minutes to complete.

After completing this module you should be able to:

• distinguish between popular and scholarly periodicals
• choose a database appropriate to your information need
• use it to identify an article on a topic
• use a database's email function to send a record to yourself
• search the Gabriele Library Electronic Journals List and the Periodical Holdings List to locate the periodical that contains your article

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Resources for Librarians and Educators, Credits
Searchpath was adapted by Rizwan Oskoui and Linda Rossi, Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA, in 2004 and is based upon Searchpath © by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University which incorporates material from TILT, a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library, © 1998-2004. This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Searchpath Open Publication License.