ACADEMIC SEARCH ENGINES
- Use " " to search phrases:
- "Statue of Liberty"
- Use * to truncate words:
- polit* (retrieves politics, political, etc.)
- Use ( ) to group similar terms:
- cancer and (smoking or cigarettes)
- Academic Info
- a directory of websites whose primary focus is academic (high school and above level)
- BUBL
- websites chosen for the UK higher education community
- Google Scholar
- new beta version
- InfoMine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collection
- websites selected by librarians at U.C., Wake Forest, Cal State, etc.
- Internet Public Library
- a directory of websites chosen by U. Michigan School of Information
- Internet Scout Project
- websites chosen by University of Wisconsin-Madison for educators, librarians, and researchers
- Librarians Index to the Internet
- websites selected by over 100 librarians in California and Washington State
- Resource Discovery Network
- websites chosen for the UK higher education community and research community (good annotations)
- Valdo
- Vadlo is an academic, open-access, free search engine created by two biology scientists in Chicago for the Life Sciences and biomedical researchers, educators, students, clinicians, reference librarians. It is also a unique resource for members of public looking for academic lectures/powerpoints.
