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.
⁂
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
tag yourself as hogwarts houses, study edition:
slytherin:
into dark academia, can drink 100 cups of coffee in a day, competitive to a fault, most likely head of the school or school council, studies in libraries, night owl, listens to podcasts, loves mythology, is a teachers pet, is a perfectionist, probably is a tutor or has some education-related side hustle, opens the door for people.
ravenclaw:
loves the smell of old books, always on the go, fascinated by architecture, make pinterest boards of study notes, runs a studyblr, drinks herbal tea daily, secretly competes with slytherin, has surprisingly messy handwriting, gets stressed easily, shares their notes with everyone, helps their teachers if they are carrying too much stuff.
griffindor:
is 99% energy drink, watches tv in class but still manages to get good grades, procrastinates but manages their workload, makes beautiful flashcards, has a bujo, is friends with everyone, organizes after school study classes, calms everyone down before exams, studies last minute, listens to audiobooks, encourages their classmates to do their best
hufflepuff:
is trying their best, studies in groups, best friends with their teachers, writes poetry, collects cute stationery but never uses it, has the best study snacks, has their pet to keep them company when studying, loves making study playlists, thinks that taking buzzfeed quizzes counts as ‘studying’, sleeps in class, doodles on their notes
𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚, 29𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒖𝒈 || made a fav songs spread recently, can't believe I haven't done it by now but thanks to that studygram event? [someone please tell me what are they called] I got a chance so here it is after 2 breakdowns of song selection lmao
🎧: 𝑭𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓_𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒏 [not over this and never will be]
[click images for high quality]
[transcript under the cut]
Other advice posts that may be of interest:
How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To
Active Revision Techniques
How to Revise BIG Subjects
The OSCAR Revision Model
The Diffuse Mode of Thinking
Keep reading
Hope the school year has been treating everyone well :-) Stay safe friends!
♡ quick links
- etsy shop
- free printables, wallpapers, digital stickers!
♡ tag me! @annastudyskills | #annastudyskills
life really is so simple when you sit back and realise you don’t actually have to do a lot of things. i don’t have to be on my phone constantly. i don’t have to sit inside all day. i don’t have to reply to peoples messages straight away. i don’t have to have what’s in my fridge. i can go out and get groceries and make things that I’m craving. i can go on a walk. i can turn my phone off for a day or two. i can sit and read for hours on end. i can journal for as long as i want. i can mediate. i can cook. i can clean. i can breathe deeply. i can get myself a tea or a coffee. i can have meaningful conversations with my family. i don’t have to be in a constant state of “online”. i can disconnect. I’m not obliged to be here. my name isn’t being called out on a list. i can leave. i can take time away. i am allowed to live.