An Online Tutorial Taking You Through the Steps of the Library Research Process Purpose of a Database

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Tutorial Contents:
  1. Library Map & Virtual Tour
  2. Avoiding Impulse Buys
  3. Size & Shape of Information
  4. Most Bang for Your Buck
  5. Trying it on for Size
  6. Don't Shoplift!
 
Databases are designed for three main purposes.  These are to organize, store, and retrieve information as efficiently and effectively as possible. Probably the retrieval of information is the most important of these three.  It doesn't matter how well your database stores information if you can never get it back out again.  It would be like having a piggy bank full of money that you couldn't open.   But unlike a piggy bank, breaking the computer doesn't release the information. 

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