Databases
The UF Libraries subscribe to many databases of newspaper, magazine and journal articles, as well as e-books. Each unique database organizes their information in a very structured format for easier searching, unlike the Internet, a computer network which has no standardized organization.
Databases may sometimes be accessed through the Internet, but their contents are not typically retrieved by search engines like Google or Yahoo! Most databases are available through publisher’s websites that charge a fee for use; the UF Libraries subscribe to many databases for our students, staff and faculty. The library website also links to freely available databases of journals, conference reports and scientific information such as Japan Medical Association Journal.
Freely available Internet metasearch engines (such as Google Scholar) search some of the same subscription journal databases that libraries offer, but do not provide the actual full text of articles or books. While Google Scholar is easy to access and quickly produces a list of search results, it does not offer the refinements in searching or the same subject coverage as a subscription database from a library.
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Database
noun
information stored in a computer in an organized structure so that it can be searched in different ways.
Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. © Cambridge University Press 2007.
search en•gine (plural search en•gines)
noun
Definition: computer program that searches: a computer program that searches for specific words and returns a list of documents in which they were found, especially a commercial Internet service.
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] 2007
