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Specialist Search
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Rather than always being confronted with a massive number of hits in response to a search request entered into a search engine why not try out a specialist search engine which concentrates on hits relevant to a particular interest? |
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Specialist Search Engine |
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Choosing the search engine designed to best answer your form of query, for example looking for biographies will differ from historical sources and searching for copyright-free images. |
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It is worth considering a visual search engine such as Kartoo. |
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There are other visual search engines such as Grokker - a subscription service but worth reading the description and perhaps trialling the product from the free, 30-day download offer - this might suit home access. Map Net - seaching using mapping techniques
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For more information refer to |
| A selection of websites devoted to searching for specific subjects or topics are listed below: | |
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Artcyclopedia - Art on the Internet |
Events on this day - Today in History |
| A compilation of science
search engines or
Search for Science - this site has a focus on Astronomy, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Pharmacy and Physics |
Museums around the world for all subjects |
| Poetry or the The Book Trust for English | Entries in encyclopaedias, dictionaries etc. compiled by XREFER - a subscription service used by public libraries in Scotland. |
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