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Catalog vs. Database

What are they for?

• Use a library catalog to locate books and documents in a library's collections. It will also say if the library owns specific journals. PantherCat, MadCat, and MarqCat are examples of library catalogs
• A database, on the other hand, indexes the journals and is used to point to specific articles within the journals, articles on a topic or by a particular author. The full text of some, but not all, of these articles may be available online. Academic Search, ERIC and Web of Science are databases.
• Catalogs and databases do different things but work hand in hand to provide resources. Use one or more databases to find references to articles, then a library catalog to see if a library owns the journal where the article is published.
• FindIt! is a helpful tool for locating electronic or print copies of articles available at UW Libraries. Though it looks different at different campuses...
  

  at Eau Claire	at Green Bay
  at Milwaukee	at Madison
  at Oshkosh

  ... clicking the FindIt! button will lead to the full text of articles, if available, or a request form if it is not.
  

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