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Google advanced Search

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Filter your google search for better results.

Custom Search Engines

Limits search to websites chosen as credible.
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A Google Custom search engine which searches only websites determined credible by a consortia of teachers and librarians.
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"Offers students comprehensive subject coverage without the information overload of a general search engine."
Refseek Search Tips
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Indexes thousands of academic information websites, selected by teachers and library professionals for high school & college students.
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Google Scholar

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About Google Scholar

Tips on using Google Scholar via Research Express
Note: Enter a found article title into Google Scholar to see who CITED it in their work... Join the conversation!
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Google Books

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Includes full text of books in the public domain; snippets, abstracts or overviews and where to find books which are not freely available.
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         Advanced Google Book Search

Open Access Textbook Search

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OPEN Access Research Search
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Download extension. Finds legal open access if available.
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Social Media Search

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Social Media Search
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Use to find related hashtags to search.
Note: You may try a general google search with <(issue name) hashtags> to find popular hashtags involving your issue.

Podcast Search

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Documentary Search

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Expert Search

Archived Website Search

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Search for Archived Websites

Private Search

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Duck Duck Go does not track your search history; and so does not use your search history to customize your results. You can change settings and when you put an explanation point in front of your search, it goes directly to the website. For example:
<!amazon shoes> takes you directly to searching for shoes on amazon.
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Categorized Results

Searching these sites allows you to see what others have curated about any given topic.
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Great for seeing subcategories

Similar Site Search

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Give Moreofit a website you're interested in and it will suggest alternative related websites to explore.

Meta Search

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Metasearch engine

Curation Site Search

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My favorite tool for finding academic information curated by K-12 and public librarians.

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Great for high interest topics

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Social Media/blog Feeds 

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Feedly is my favorite for blog post updates
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Paperli allows users to see social media feeds in a newspaper like interface.
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Flipboard allows user to create feeds by interest, however the curations are created by algorithms.
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