What is an Online Database?

A database is an organized collection of information. 

This includes:

• telephone books
• airline reservation systems
• filing cabinets

Library online databases may include:

• encyclopedias
• dictionaries
• periodicals

When you use an online database, you can quickly scans thousands of sources of information, including articles from periodicals.

Usually the online database will display a results list of sources or articles on your topic.