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This guide is designed to help searchers try different tools to get information. One of the issues many searchers face is how to find reliable sources in a timely manner. Here's a quick guide to when to use what:
When to use a search engine versus When to use a database:
| * To find an address or a phone number. | * To find academic/peer reviewed material. |
| * To find movie times, flights, reviews. |
* To find multiples sides of an issue. |
| * To find an opinion (usually partisan) | * To find authoritative content. |
| * To find today's newspaper. |
* To find a variety of points of view. |
| * For games, hobbies and special interest. | * To find historical content. |
| * For quick government information. | * To find highly specific information. |
| REMEMBER: There is no one in charge | REMEMBER: Editors and fact checkers, |
| of the World Wide Web | are responsible for what is published. |
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