Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
have access!
Numbers based on the monthly usage reports provided by the database companies and a student population of 18,000 2012-2013.
Passwords are available in the library; databases can be accessed ANYWHERE students have internet
(links are on schools website)
While public library memberships are free, not all students will get them (especially as the more essential library cards are out of district), which creates a problem of ACCESS.
"Databases contain peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific journal articles that are not readily available on the open web. These articles are typically authored by experts in their fields, that is, scholars and scientists at major research universities in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and beyond. Students who are preparing for college and university study need to be able to use these databases to retrieve relevant scholarly and scientific literature. This literature will give the students opportunity to acquaint themselves with disciplinary vocabulary and research methods in their fields of interest as well as how to access and evaluate relevant information. "In our digital world, much of the world's scientific and scholarly literature remains locked behind pay-walls, that is, the literature is available only through these databases. While many of us think this is unfortunate, it's still the reality that we must pay for access to the best research. Librarians and teachers need to be able to demonstrate to students the full range of research sources that are available to them." -- Kelly Miller, Librarian at University of California Los Angeles