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Differences: Library
- When you need to find credible information quickly.
- Articles and books written by journalists or experts in a professional field.
- All material in database is evaluated for accuracy and credibility by subject experts and publishers.
- Library database subscriptions are paid for through your tuition and state taxes.
-Published content from journals, magazines, newspapers and books does not change.
Search Engine
- When you have time to more carefully evaluate information found on the open web.
- Lack of control allows anybody to publish their opinions and ideas on the Internet.
- Not evaluated (for the most part). Need to more carefully evaluate web sites for bias, accuracy, and completeness.
- Most information found through a search engine is free.
- Web site content can often change.
Similarities:
Both can find sources
