The Best Search Engine
October 1, 2017 No CommentsThe Best Search Engine
If you’re just not finding the information you need searching on Google, try our “Best Search Engine”. It will help you to find high-quality technical information that is hidden from Google.
Our best search engine was developed with the help of PhD’s who told us that this is a similar process to the one that they use when doing serious and deep technical research.
Below is our seven-step best search engine search algorithm. For all of your important searches, use our “Best Search Engine” seven step process to supplement your Google search. You’ll uncover lots of in-depth resources that you will simply not find in Google!
1. Use the site search box at PDF Search Engine to find free PDF files on your subject of interest.
2. For a different perspective, try these other Internet search engines:
- https://www.ixquick.com/
- https://duckduckgo.com/
- http://www.webcrawler.com/
- http://www.gigablast.com/
- http://search.carrot2.org/stable/search
- other search engines
3. Search USA’s Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) for your subject of interest. The DTIC is the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today.
4. Search for you topic of interest in Google Scholar. “Google Scholar provides a way to search for scholarly literature. You can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.”
5. Search Techstreet.com to see if there are any standards or codes on your subject of interest. Techstreet® is one of the world’s largest collections of essential standards and codes from around the world. They provide instant access to over 500,000 industry codes and standards (international, national, state, local).
6. Search the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) for your subject of interest. The NTIS serves as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. They provide businesses, universities, and the public timely access to approximately 3 million publications.
7. ProQuest Dissertation Publishing has over three million dissertations and theses from graduate schools around the world. Download a thesis for only $37. Click here to search for a thesis on your topic of interest.
Occupational Safety and Health Searches
If your search is on a workplace safety and health subject, you will also want to use the following additional steps:
8. Enter your subject of interest into our “Google Custom Search” box. It is located on the upper right side of every SafetyAwakenings.com webpage.
9. Use the site search box at these twelve International Safety Websites (e.g. OSHA, NIOSH, HSE, CCOHS, IOSH, etc.) to find information on your subject of interest.
10. Use the site search box at each of these 14 free, on-line Safety Magazines to find articles on your subject of interest.
11. The following websites offer free downloadable information on thousands of workplace safety and health subjects:
North Carolina Washington Texas
Nebraska Society CNA MN Safety Resources
Health & Safety Ontario Risk Factors
Ontario Ministry Institute for Work & Health
Occupational Medicine IH News
Work Safe Manitoba e-Hazard WSH
State Compensation Insurance Fund
Journal of Occupational Medicine
Journal of Injury Prevention KEMI
SFM Grainger
DuraLabel WorkSafe Victoria
AmTrust Virginia Great American
The Safe Workplace Graphic Products
US Army eLCOSH Professional Safety
Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America
SafetyInfo Galson Laboratories
Comments
“I am a senior safety major at Eastern Kentucky University and struggle constantly using Bing and Google as search engines for my schoolwork. Trust me, safety requires a lot of research. Thanks for the link to your Best Search Engine!” Teresa McDonnell
“I’ve spent the last three days reviewing journals and looking for current information on a specific subject. Found lots more good studies in the last 30-minutes using your Best Search Engine!” Cait Casey
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