Databases and Search Engines -- What's the Difference?

from http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/howdoi/compare1.html

Databases Purchased by the library. Content is reviewed and recommended by librarians. Information is organized. Information is stable.

Search Engines Free to anyone with computer access. No review standards with regard to content. Information is not organized. Information is not stable; locations and content continually change.

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