Internet vs. Online Databases
• Free Access to websites
• When you conduct a search, you may receive thousands of results, which is too many to go through • Results tend to NOT be exact matches • Information on the Web could be created by anyone, NOT experts • Some websites may be difficult to navigate or need special programs to open special documents |
• Cost money to subscribe to (BUT LAUSD provides access to many databases)
• When you conduct a search, you are given results that better match what you are looking for • Excellent source for journal/magazine/newspaper articles, and encyclopedia entries • Information is checked by the publisher for accuracy • Easy to navigate • Provides special features: email or download options, printer-friendly format, how to cite source, etc. |