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Searching for Search Tools

posted by martyb on Saturday March 02 2024, @12:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can't-get-there-from-here dept.

How do you find information online?

There are Lists of search engines.

But, which one(s) do you use and why?

Do you use just one search engine? Do you have one primary search engine and another one that you use only when your primary fails? May you use multiple engines depending on whether your search is on your desktop, mobile, or TV?

How do YOU choose?

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by hendrikboom on Saturday March 02 2024, @02:14AM

    by hendrikboom (1125) on Saturday March 02 2024, @02:14AM (#1347036) Homepage Journal

    I just use duckduckgo.

    That said, my personal bookmarks page has this, i case I ever want another:

    ## Other search engines

        * [Lost something? Search through 91.7 million files from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/10/lost-something-search-through-91-7-million-files-from-the-80s-90s-and-2000s/) article about this search tool

    * [Our 7 best Private searh engine recommendations](https://avoidthehack.com/best-private-search) (recommended by avoidthehack)
        * Mojeek
        * [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/)
        * SearX
        * Whoogle
        * Brave Search
        * DuckDuckGo
        * Metager
        * Criteria for private search engine recommendations
        * Final thoughts

    * Specialized search engines. I no longer know know where I got thi list.
        * www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
        * www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
        * https://link.springer.com [springer.com] - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
        * www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
        * http://repec.org [repec.org] - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
        * www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
        * www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

    * [Ungoogled Chromium]
        * [on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungoogled-chromium)
        * [How to Install and Configure Ungoogled Chromium](https://avoidthehack.com/how-to-install-configure-ungoogled-chromium)
        * [on github](https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/blob/master/docs/platforms.md)
        * [ungoogled-chromium-debian](https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-debian)

    * Purely local search
        * [mairix](https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=mairix&ia=web)
        * [recoll](https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=recoll&ia=web)

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