Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

Semantic Scholar is a good academic search engine that allows you to search millions of scholarly articles for academic content relevant to your research topic. Unlike other search engines, Semantic Scholar combines the power of artificial Intelligence, machine learning, language processing   with semantic analytic search enabling users to get more accurate search results. 

From science databases to document collections and more, here are 100 of the best search engines for academic research.

When it comes to searching for  niche-specific content Google search engine is not the best option out there. Although Google can be a good starting point from which you can delve deeper into the content area you are searching but you can save much more time by using content-specific search engines. In today’s post, we are sharing with you some examples of academic search engines student researchers and teachers can use to search for, find and access scholarly content. We are only featuring the most popular titles, but you can always find other options to add to the list.

Amazing tools that can help you with the research and some of them are listed below.

Semantic Scholar is a good academic search engine that allows you to search millions of scholarly articles for academic content relevant to your research topic. Unlike other search engines, Semantic Scholar combines the power of artificial Intelligence, machine learning, language processing     

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education.

Below is a collection of some good resources curated specifically for academics and research students. It contains academic search engines, iPad apps, guides on academic writing, and research methodology textbooks. The purpose is to empower researchers with the tools and resources to help them make the best of their research endeavours. 

In today's post we are sharing with you four practical Chrome extensions that will enable you to search the web in more efficient and effective ways. More specifically, using these extensions you will be able to easily access and search for scholarly articles, find similar web pages to the page you are currently browsing, initiate a Google search using images, and many more.

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). 

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.

Below is a collection of some handy academic search engines teachers and educators can use to search for and find a wide variety of academic articles, journals, documents and theses. Some of these search engines are subject focused and others are generic.