Getting Started with Library Resources: Articles & Databases

Centennial Libraries subscribes to hundreds of different databases, each containing hundreds of thousands of articles. When you search from the main library page, you are searching across all of these databases at once. This is a great place to start, as it gives you lots of options, however, sometimes you may get back too many results. 

If you need to find information on a specific subject or discipline, it may be useful to choose a subject-specific database. A subject-specific database will give you fewer results, but they will all be related to the same subject or discipline. Some databases are even dedicated to specific types of resources, like video or audio content. While the content of the database may differ, you can use the same searching tips across most databases.