What is the difference between the Internet and Library databases?
Library databases (EbscoHost, National Newspapers, etc.) are subscription-only databases–you can only connect to them from campus computers or off-campus using a password. These are databases paid for by the college for use by students, instructors and staff. Connection to these databases is made through the World Wide Web (a subsection of the Internet). The Internet and World Wide Web typically refer to the publically-accessible documents available to everyone in the world. These sources are highly variable in quality, in that anyone can place a page on the Net. See Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites.
