Which Should I Use?

That depends on your topic and the type of information you need.

Periodical databases cover a wide range of subjects and often index a mixture of popular and scholarly sources. 

If you are able to recognize the differences between a popular and scholarly source, you can focus your research to retrieve only the type of articles you need or what your instructor expects you to use. 

Let's look at a few topics and just a few of the DCCCD Databases you might use to find information on that topic:

Information on: Database Type: DCCCD Database:
pros and cons of cloning
  • general database for newspapers & magazines
  • popular
  • Academic Search Complete
  • SIRS
medical uses of cloning
  • medical subject database
  • scholarly
  • Health Reference Center
  • Health Source
businesses involved in cloning
  • business subject database
  • popular
  • Business Source Complete
recent cloning examples
  • general database for newspapers & magazines
  • popular or scholarly
  • InfoTrac Newspapers
  • Newspaper Source

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