The advantages of using specially developed online student-friendly databases vs. a general google-internet search include:

• Edited resources
• Grade level appropriate
• Large content repositories
• Access to thousands of current periodicals and newspapers, many updated daily and containing full text articles from 1986.
• Differentiate reading levels
• Avoids pitfalls of google search and unwanted or undesirable “hits”
• Tools for organizing information
• Content rich genres
• Designed for K-12
• Rich text and media resources