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However, when it comes to studying and exploring the web for references, speed and a certain degree of accuracy is indeed necessary. There are choices and alternatives to Google. From EAP students searching for academic articles to someone looking for specific lyrics to a favourite song to search engines which are appropriate for younger learners, there is no need to be frustrated when searching. You can even use a search engine which plants trees (more on this further below). 
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How often have you done a web search, already knowing that you would click the first result that looked like a Wikipedia page? Quite often? ...
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The Google alternatives workshop is a regular on the UKeiG training calendar. We don’t guarantee that you will be weaned off Google by the end of the day but we do try and highlight other search engines and tools that might be better for certain types of information. At the end of the workshops the participants pull together a list of Top Tips. These could be a tool or website they have just discovered, a search command, or a general approach or strategy to searching. The tips below are a combined list from two workshops attended by people from all sectors and types of company, and even included a couple of self-employed researchers. The sessions covered both general search tools and specialist services, and the Top Tips is an interesting mix of strategy and specific sites.
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Rather than relying on the filters on Google Images to generate good results for students, give one of these other sources of images a try.
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Google and Beyond: NOT Google
Information consultant Karen Blakeman has posted another excellent powerpoint on Slideshare, focusing on alternatives to Google, including alternatives to Google Scholar.
http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/28333029?rel=0#
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Using search engines effectively is now a key skill for researchers, but could more be done to equip young researchers with the tools they need. Here, Dr Neil Jacobs and Rachel Bruce from Jisc’s digital infrastructure team share their top ten resources for researchers from across the web.
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Google is so entrenched when it comes to finding information on the internet, we named the act after it. However, there are a ton of other tools and tricks that can get you answers to your question when Google doesn't have the answer. Via Phil Bradley
Phil Bradley's curator insight,
January 14, 2015 9:17 AM
Most of these are fairly obvious, but the information on some of the forums was new to me.
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Writing a research paper? Google has a lot of information indexed, but it's nothing compared to what else is out there.
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The 'anti-Google', which searches the web without tracking or monitoring the user, now answers 4m queries a day. By Alex Hern Via Phil Bradley
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7 Academic Search Engines Not Named Google
But by using Google students and teachers are unwittingly bending to the will of webmasters who are experts at SEO (search engine optimization), which can mean that you find what they want you to find rather than what you really need. So what to do? Thankfully, there are options for 21st century learners. If you have a need for specific, niche academic material, here are 100 databases and search indexes. If, however, you want an academic search engine analogous to Google itself, 6 appear below.
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