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Database Orientation: Database Providers

EBSCOhost and ProQuest, two resources that many students are familiar with, are not considered individual databases. They are actually companies, called database providers, which provide access to many different databases. The below image shows the start of the EBSCOhost database list.

list of EBSCOhost databases
Databases from these vendors can be searched all at once, in groups, or individually. The search interface is the same no matter which databases you select.

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May 28th, 2004