ED 262 Research, Reference & Resource Skills

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education.

Below is a collection of some good resources curated specifically for academics and research students. It contains academic search engines, iPad apps, guides on academic writing, and research methodology textbooks. The purpose is to empower researchers with the tools and resources to help them make the best of their research endeavours. 

Over the years, Google has left its humble origins behind to become one of the largest companies in the world, offering a wide range of devices and services.

To keep those services free, Google records data about you and uses it to display targeted advertising—their main source of revenue. As the debate around online privacy ramps up, many people are looking for an alternative.

Fortunately, DuckDuckGo might be the privacy-focused search engine you’ve been looking for.

7 Academic Search Engines Not Named Google