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What is a Database?

  • A database is an organized collection of resources
  • Google is a search engine that searches through multiple databases but its only finding databases based on its algorithms 
  • Academic databases search particular resources and are often disciplinary
  • They can be multidisciplinary or subject specific
  • No matter what, a database is only as smart as the information we put into it

List of Databases