Searching the Internet 015: Science Search Sites

Episode 015 covers some search engines news and then discusses my favorite science search sites such as Scirus, Science.gov, Intute, Science Research, Sciseek, Faganfinder Science, SciNet, Science-search.org, as well as directories of science from Yahoo, Google, and Open Directory.

00:00:00 Intro

Search Engine News
00:01:33 Googlebombs
00:02:23 MySpace.com & Yahoo Top Sites People Spend Time On
00:03:04 Yahoo! oneSearch launches
00:03:39 Midomi
00:04:30 Google Video becomes generic video search engine
00:05:16 Google Images Removes Useful Information
00:06:38 Yahoo Growing Faster than Google
00:08:07 YouTube Revenue-Sharing Makes Dollars and Sense

Science Search Sites
00:09:49 Scirus
00:13:57 Science.gov

My review of Science.gov (pdf)

00:17:01 Intute: science, engineering and technology
00:21:20 Science Research.com
00:23:12 Sciseek
00:24:33 Faganfinder Science
00:25:46 SciNet
00:27:24 Science-search.org
00:29:40 Yahoo Science Directory
00:32:08 Google Science Directory
00:33:22 Open Directory: Science
00:35:01 Wrap-up


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One Response to “Searching the Internet 015: Science Search Sites”

  1. Paul Ayres Says:

    Dear Ed,

    Many thanks for your kind words and comprehensive review of Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology - I’ll pass it on to my colleagues. You may also be interested in our Spotlight feature. The latest edition includes articles on Demonic Chemistry, Anthropogenic volcanic activity and Shedding light on a molecular lock.

    Yours,
    Paul Ayres

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