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You might ask, "Why would I want to use a database?" Here is an example. I was at my sister's and the guys were talking about Joba Chamberlain who, for those who don't follow Yankees' baseball, is a phenomenal young pitcher who made his major league debut this season. I said, "Well you know that they had no intention of bringing him up until next season," because I remembered reading an article in the New York Post sometime before the All-Star break. Kevin Kernan had written this really nice article about Joba and his father Harlan, and I remembered his saying that. They said I didn't know what I was talking about. Well, being a reference librarian, I went online to the POB Library website and searched the Custom Newspapers database and within two minutes found the article from June 24th.

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