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You actually are already quite familiar with using databases in your everyday lives. We just want to make sure you learn how to use research databases in your time at university.
www.google.ca
www.amazon.com
www.netflix.com
www.flickr.com
book/monograph => movie
book series => movie series
journal => tv show (collection of smaller stories)
article => tv episode
Netflix and Amazon are aggregators website, bringing together content from a variety of sources, of producers into one platform for you to gain easy access.
Many Library databases are also aggregators of content, bringing together research resources from many sources, disciplines, formats into one interface.
While there are vendor websites for consumer products, think www.apple.com. We also have publisher websites within our collection where you can get resources directly from the publishers like Wiley, or Elsevier.