Libraries subscribe to article databases to give users access to articles in magazines, newspapers and academic journals. The vast majority of the articles in databases are not available for free. Chemeketa Community College subscribes to dozens of article databases. Some databases are generally good places to start, while others focus on articles in a specific subject area like art, science or controversial topics.
Since Primo Library Search includes articles in its results, you may be wondering why you would bother to search in a journal article database. There are several reasons for using an individual database: