For a list of all of the databases to which UNM subscribes — with full text usually available to UNM students, faculty, and staff — go to the University Libraries web page.
Ask a Librarian. Chat Email TXT Enter Search Words Search. Internet Searching. Search Engines Search engines A search engine is a word-by-word index of web resources gathered by a computer program. DuckDuckGo Private search.
Gibiru Private search. RefSeek Removes commercial sites from results. Startpage Privatizes Google searches. Search Encrypt Private search. Fagan Finder. Specialized Search Engines: Articles Scholarly journal articles and web pages Note that the following databases are free to search but will often charge to read the full text of the journal article.
Multi-subject databases include:. British Library On Demand. The information in these databases is collected using a computer program called a "spider" or a "robot" that scans the Internet and gathers information about individual documents. These special programs work automatically to find documents or they are asked by a creator of a Web site to visit the site to be included in a database.
When you do a search in a search engine, the order in which the results are listed also varies between search engines. Many search engines list the results using relevance ranking. Factors such as:. Many search engines allow Web sites to pay to have their pages listed higher in the results. There are hundreds of these search engines available on the Web, but they all work in unique ways to collect and organize the information found.
The information from Web sites might be gathered from all the words in a site, just the first few sentences in the body of a site, or only from the title or metatags hidden descriptors of a site's content. Different search engines collect different information, that's why you'll get different results from the same search from different search engines. Directories are best used when you are looking for information that is easily classified, such as "Universities and Colleges in Georgia.
That means you can run your searches in peace without having to worry about the boogeyman watching you through your computer screen. DuckDuckGo is the perfect choice for those who wish to keep their browsing habits and personal information private.
StartPage serves up answers from Google. When you input a query, Search Encrypt will pull the results from its network of search partners and deliver the requested information. One of the best parts of Search Encrypt is that your search terms will eventually expire, so your information will remain private even if someone has local access to your computer. It is the perfect search engine for those who appreciate community-led information as found on sites like Wikipedia.
This search engine queries its results from a wide variety of message boards and forums online. You should be able to find the forum you want with just a few keystrokes. Interestingly, Ekoru puts its money where its mouth is, using renewable energy sources for its data centers and taking a stand for civil rights by not storing any user or search-related data on their servers.
This may come as a surprise, but your Google searches actually contribute to the creation of quite a bit of CO2. To battle this issue, Ecosia uses the revenues generated from search engine queries to plant trees.
Typically Ecosia needs around 45 searches to plant a new tree. To make the most of it, check out our guide to Twitter Advanced Search. You can also search for ebooks and PDFs, making it an excellent tool if you have a business presentation to prepare for.
SlideShare also allows you to save slides and even download the entire slideshow for use on your local computer. As the name implies, this search engine queries a massive collection of documented material, including millions of free videos, books, music, and software. Essentially, the Internet Archive is a vast online library where you can access just about anything you could imagine.
Currently, in beta, they offer a private, independent, user-focused alternative to Google.
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