To sign into databases from school, click on 
at top of screen.
Once signed in you can also download articles to your Google Drive account, highlight paragraphs and more.
To access databases outside of school you'll need a password. Passwords are listed on the Library Canvas Course - Databases -and appear next to each database.
When you search in a database, the words you type into the search box need to be specific.
Select the most important 2-3 words related to your topic. Put the word AND between each new term; this tells the database to look for resources with ALL your terms.
frederick douglass AND statesmanship
Use quotation marks ( " " ) around phrases (two or more words); this tells the database to look for the words in that specific order.
"underground railroad" AND Tubman