What are five limitations I should be aware of when using database for research?
4. Find the right words :You have to know which keywords (search words) to use when searching a database for a topic. As Lynn Davis, a professional researcher with ABC News, point tou, if you ‘re searching for stories on guns, the keyword “can be guns, it can be firearms, it can be handguns, it can be pistols, it can be assault weapons. If you don’t cover your bases, you might miss something”
5. History is limited : Most public databases, Davis says, have information going back to 1980, and a few in to the 1970s, but this may pose problems if you’re trying to research something that happened-or was written about-earlier.