To find any useful piece of information, you need a way to find something. These search tools are now mostly electronic. Search tools may be also be called electronic indexes, databases, or search engines. A search box is included, which is used to find the sources (i.e. books, articles, or websites) that are indexed.

Here is an example of a typical search box:


Click on the image of each database (search tool) to learn more.

WSU Libraries Catalog	Journal article databases	World Wide Web search engine
Each of these tools is further discussed in a separate EMPOWER module.