Loading DB Class in Helpers

[eluser]pmonty[/eluser]
Well, trying to implement this, I am still having some problems. Here is my code.

Code:

CI =& get_instance();
$params = array('default', TRUE);
$DB1 = $CI->load->library('database',$params);

Can anyone see why this returns the PHP Error

An Error Was Encountered
Unable to load the requested class: database

Paul