As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse. It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms
As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable. As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.
Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.
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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.
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 - 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 - 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.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
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
So uhh kinda been inactive (because I’ve been on vacation) but somehow school still gives me shit to do and uh I didn’t do any of it today baby! So… there is now 7 more filled pages in my sketchbook and I thought I’d share some self indulgent artwork of me experimenting w/ my persona. Thoughts?
Also I usually don’t share my sketchbook art and it is pretty different from my finished pieces, how do you like it?
Sorry for the inactivity, here’s some sketchbook doodles! (The colorful page was done with watercolors and the pen drawing took 2 hours in English class)
(Text from image below) My life since I've started writing again. ;-; (I'm very on and off about it. School does not help)
There are two wolves inside of you:
-> must write or WILL DIE
-> will do anything but writing
I’ve been getting into writing lately, and this was very helpful <3
Ingredients:
2 cups of Things that must be in the story (this can be characters, specific scenes, settings, subplots etc.)
1 cup of Vague plot ideas I may not use
1 tbsp of Central Themes
1 tsp of Ending (either happy, tragic, or bitter-sweet)
1 tsp of Protagonist's Primary Motivation
2 lbs of Brick Wall
Time, as needed
Instructions:
In a large bowl, mix Things that must be in the story. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, sift together Vague plot ideas I may not use. Discard the excess and set aside.
Add Themes, Ending, and Motivation to a small jar. Screw lid on tight and shake until mixture becomes Conflict.
Pour Conflict and Vague plot ideas into Things that must be in the story. Blend on medium until Plot Points form.
Taste.
If it is still missing something, smash head against 1 lbs of Brick Wall for one to six hours.
Let marinate for one to 365 days. Add more Things and Vague plot ideas as desired.
Smash head against the rest of the Brick Wall for one to six hours.
Scream.
Repeat steps 5 through 9 as needed.
After sufficient marination, the mixture will form an idea. This will tell you what specific action must happen in order to resolve your story's conflict. Write this down and make appropriate sacrifices to thank whichever deity took pity on you.
Now you have your conflict, climax, and resolution. You just have to figure out how to get there. Good luck with the damn middle section dork!!
Its my bday and i finally had time to sketch my girl Amara!! (the protagonist of a novel im writing) <3 I loved how it turned out sooo much.
Okokok so I just watched for the future and OMG Lilith with pixie cut!?!?!?! Yes m’mam! I loved this episode sososososo much but couldn’t watch it because I was busy in the week but NO REGRETS and lots more art coming but before have this Lilith brain rot sketch I made immediately after watching. <3
Just some traditional art I’ve been doing lately - been experimenting with it more now that my computer is broken :)
Today's day 7 (officially a week!) of painting instead of going on social media! Today I drew my persona as a magical girl in the madoka magica universe. The design is still a wip... I used charcoal to outline my drawing today and I like it quite a lot...what do you guys think?
I've been re-watching Little Witch Academia recently, and I think Akko is one of my favorite protagonists. :) She gives me teddy bear vibes for some reason. I tried some new shading, so feedback would be appreciated!
(click for better quality) Here's some more sleepless domain fanart! I'm a huge fan of Tessa, curious to see where her story goes~ Also started reading Omniscient reader's viewpoint and I'm so addicted it's not even funny. 💀