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Find a search engine for specialized queries

Find a search engine for specialized queries

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Find a search engine for specialized queries

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- [Instructor] Knowing which search engine to use really depends on how deep you need to go to exhaust every avenue to get your answers. When I need to get really specific, I'll use a search engine to help me find more specific search engines. For example, I like to write poetry, limericks and song lyrics. To help me do those things more efficiently, I found a very specific search engine. The one I like to use is called RhymeZone. I'm giving you this as an example because there are so many very specific databases out there just waiting to be searched and there's absolutely nothing wrong with searching for how to search. For example, I could always search Google for words that rhyme with daisy but this is just better because it's specialized. I can search so many things. For example, I can search on an inventor or a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. And if I need to look up answers, or very…

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