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Credible Web Sources

This document summarizes 15 credible web sources for academic research, including Google Scholar, Science.gov, ResearchGate, Infotopia, Lexis Web, iSeek, Wolfram Alpha, WorldwideScience, ERIC, and Microsoft Academic. These sources provide access to peer-reviewed papers, academic publications, legal resources, and curated educational materials through specialized search engines and databases.

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Credible Web Sources

This document summarizes 15 credible web sources for academic research, including Google Scholar, Science.gov, ResearchGate, Infotopia, Lexis Web, iSeek, Wolfram Alpha, WorldwideScience, ERIC, and Microsoft Academic. These sources provide access to peer-reviewed papers, academic publications, legal resources, and curated educational materials through specialized search engines and databases.

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CREDIBLE WEB SOURCES

GOOGLE SCHOLAR
was created as a tool to congregate scholarly literature on the web. From one place,
students have the ability to hunt for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and
articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories,
universities and other scholarly organizations.

SCIENCE.GOV
is operated and maintained by the Office of Science and Technical Information, the
same department that collaborates on WorldWideScience.org. This search engine
pulls from over 60 databases, over 2,200 websites and 200 million pages of
journals, documents and scientific data. Search results can be filtered by author,
date, topic and format (text or multimedia).

RESEARCHGATE
is a unique social networking site for scientists and researchers. Over 11 million researchers
submit their work, which totals more than 100 million publications, on the site for anyone to
access. You can search by publication, data and author, or you can even ask the researchers
questions. Though it’s not a search engine that pulls from external sources, ResearchGate’s
own collection of publications provides a hearty selection for any inquisitive scholar.

INFOTOPIA
describes itself as a “Google-alternative safe search engine.” The academic
search engine pulls from results that have been curated by librarians,
teachers and other educational workers. A unique search feature allows users
to select a category, which ranges from art to health to science and
technology, and then see a list of internal and external resources pertaining
to the topic.

LEXIS WEB
is your go-to for any law-related inquiries you may have. The results are
drawn from legal sites, which can be filtered by criteria such as news,
blog, government and commercial. Users can also filter results by
jurisdiction, practice area, source and file format.

ISEEK
iSeek is a great search engine for students, teachers and administrators alike. Simply
ask a question or enter search topics or tools, and iSeek will pull from scholastic
sources to find exactly what you are looking for. The search engine is safe, intelligent
and timesaving—and it draws from trusted resources from universities, government
and established non-commercial sites.

WOLFRAM ALPHA
A self-described “computational knowledge engine,” Wolfram Alpha
does not so much provide search results as it does search answers. This is
especially handy for those in need of math help.

WORLDWIDESCIENCE
which refers to itself as “The Global Science Gateway,” is operated by the
Office of Scientific and Technical Information. The site utilizes databases
from over 70 countries. When users type a query, it hits databases from
all over the world and will display both English and translated results
from related journals and academic resources.

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ERIC provides access to an extensive body of education-related
literature including journal articles, books, research syntheses,
conference papers, technical reports, policy papers and more. With
more than eight million searches each month, it’s no wonder why this
search engine is a great web source for education.

MICROSOFT ACADEMIC
Operated by the company that brings you Word, PowerPoint and Excel,
Microsoft Academic is a reliable, comprehensive research tool. The
search engine pulls content from over 120 million publications, including
scientific papers, conferences and journals. You can search directly by
topic, or you can search by an extensive list of fields of study.

References:
https://www.rasmussen.edu/student-experience/college-life/15-educational-
search-engines/

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