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Database Features
Academic Databases
- Generally contain journal articles by agreement with publishers
- Are compiled by companies or academic societies
- Require subscriptions
- Use discipline-specific language and subject headings
- Can limit to scholarly or popular sources
- Have an advanced search with AND, OR, NOT (Boolean terms)
- Provide citations in popular formats (MLA, APA)
- Contain both full text and only citations to sources
- Check Find It @CSU-Pueblo for Full Text to see if an article's in a different database