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[Type] Database [Information] A database contains citations of articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers. They may also contain citations to podcasts, blogs, videos, and other media types. Some databases contain abstracts or brief summaries of the articles, while other databases contain complete, full-text articles. [Examples] Academic Search Complete (a general database) Compendex (an engineering database) ABI/Inform (a business database) [Use] 
when you want to find articles on your topic in magazines, journals or newspapers
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