Research Databases

In english class we are writing research papers. My research topic is recycling. Today we were asked to use four different databases to help with our research. The four databases were, The New York Times, NewsBank, Utah Digital Newspapers, and World Book Online. These databases either proved very useful and helpful or they were just very frustrating. When I searched the New York Times it came up with a few articles that were very informative. When I searched NewsBank I just became frustrated because it wouldn't give me any articles close to what I was looking for. I had better luck with Utah Digital Newspapers though. It was easy to use, and I found an article that was really helpful. When I went to use World Book Online I again became frustrated because first I couldn't find it, and then when I did find it it wouldn't let me log in or search anything. It looked like it would be a very helpful site I just have to find out how to use it first.