An academic database is a specialized digital collection of resources like journal articles, research papers, books, and reference materials that are organized, searchable, and accessible.
Databases are often subject or discipline specific. In USMA Library's A-Z database page, you can filter the databases by academic department.
Sources in a database may be a variety of different things:
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Journal articles
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Books and eBooks:
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Movies and videos
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Reports or technical information
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Newspapers
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Historical or government documents
The interactive graphic below explains some of the different types of sources in databases and provides examples of USMA databases that contain that type of information.
