Butler Resources/Online Databases

I found the online databases and the information obtained from them very useful. They were easy to use and easy to find. In the future I will definitely use the citation machine to help myself cite sources. Something I may use leisurely would be the opposing view points. I've always liked reading about a subject and seeing both points of view on the topic. The topic I read about was called Frequent, moderate drinking benefits human health. I found that drinking one serving of alcohol three to four times per week actually decreases the chance of heart disease. I am not taking an English class this semester, but will be next semester and I can guarantee I use the online database on a regular occasion. I took a Speech class in high school, so I can't use the online database for Speech, but I know for a fact it would have made things much easier to have known about such a thing. I doubt that I use everything on the database since there are so many things, but I would like to find out more about the things I haven't used yet. Maybe someday when I get some free time I will check them out, but for the time being I'll stick with the ones I know. The only things I don't understand is why you have to have a user name and password to access these tools. I don't know why they aren't accessible to the public and believe everyone should be able to benefit from the online databases and not just students.