RESOURCE: SEARCH ENGINES: 100 Useful Niche Search Engines You've Never Heard Of
David P. Dillard
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 08:53:03 EST
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100 Useful Niche Search Engine You've Never Heard Of
RESOURCE: SEARCH ENGINES:
100 Useful Niche Search Engine You've Never Heard Of
100 Useful Niche Search Engines You've Never Heard Of |
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<http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/19/
100-useful-niche-search-engines-youve-never-heard-of/>
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Though the general Google site is often touted as the
number one search engine online, college students
sometimes need more specific tools to help them
uncover quality information on the Web that they
can use for class projects, research papers, and e
ven job and apartment searches. This list features
a huge variety of search engines that can be useful
to students, including tools that find photos, sound
effects, summer internships, health and medical
information, reference guides, and a lot more.
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Academic and Reference
Find reliable and authoritative sites here to help you
with homework and class projects.
Librarian's Internet Index:
This site brings together "websites you can trust,"
on subjects like media, law, communications,
consumer research, health and more.
Scirus:
This scientific search engine claims to be "the most
comprehensive scientific research tool on the web"
and indexes over 450 million science-related resources.
Google Scholar:
Search journal articles, abstracts, academic papers
and bibliographies, and other scholarly publications
here.
Intute: Social Sciences:
This division of the online search tool Intute connects
you to quality information about government policy,
geography, law, economics, anthropology, business
management, social welfare, psychology, politics,
women's studies and more.
CiteSteer:
Computer science and IT students can use this
"scientific literature digital library."
Online Journals Search Engine:
Find indexed science materials and resources on this site.
Google Books:
Search classic literature, non-fiction books, poetry,
short stories and other books at Google Books.
Research Crawler:
Type in your keywords in the general search box or use
the Research Quick Links to find articles, textbooks,
RSS feeds, podcasts and more to help you with your
project or paper.
Translation Crawler:
This directory has sites indexed for sign language,
education, interpreting and more.
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Also see:
57 Useful Google Tools You've Never Heard Of | College@Home
<http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/
2008/06/18/57-useful-google-tools-youve-never-heard-of/>
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Third Party Tools
These applications are based on Google's search
technology, but allow you to do a wide variety of
things more easily than with current Google-created
programs.
Simply Google:
This site provides access to all of Google's specialized
searches in one easy-to-use place.
Googlematic:
With this helpful tool, you'll be able to search Google using
AIM or MSN Messenger.
Goofresh:
Want to know what's fresh to the Internet? This site allows
you to use Google to search for sites that have been added
today, yesterday or within the last week or month.
Cooking With Google:
Have some random ingredients in the fridge but aren't sure
what to make with them? Maybe this Google-based tool
can help. Enter in a few ingredients and it will give you
recipes in several different categories.
Babelplex:
Want to search through Google in multiple languages?
This tool can help you do that, acting as a cross between
a search engine and a translation tool for 29 language
combinations.
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