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Sometimes a specialty database will be more effective at finding what you need than a general search engine. Specialty databases are dedicated to collecting relevant sites for a particular subject. For example, Findlaw targets legal resources and Achoo! collects health and medical sites.


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Beaucoup lists more than 1,200 engines, directories, and indices from around the world.

Price's Direct Search links to a wide variety of business, government, humanities, legal, news, and science databases.

At Search.com, search more than 100 specialized databases.




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