Periodical Databases, useful or to difficult to search? I found the unit on periodical databases rather interesting. I thought I knew how to search and could find things with relative ease until I had to search for an article on periodical database use in the classroom. I believe there are always new ways to learn and finding the best search results is a work in progress. I think the most challenging part for me was finding articles that were relevant. I found some very unique articles that had absolutely nothing to do with what I was looking for and some that were relevant but very outdated. I realized I needed to work on my search techniques in this area because the things I did to search on google and other web engines didn't work the same as on periodical databases.
Periodicals are definitely an important part of classroom research. I know when I work with seniors on their final papers they need to be able to search for journal articles and other periodical resources. I also think that students need to know how to use various search options to get the best information possible.
Overall I think that Periodical Databases are reasonable to use if you put the work into generating a key term list and search parameters. With those in place locating articles that meet your needs is fairly easy. I think using databases in the classroom is important to a student's education especially if they plan to go to college. It is important to expose them to as many search options as possible.
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