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**[[Google Custom Search|Google Custom Search engines]] can help to efficiently find sources on certain websites that some Wikipedia editors have determined are generally reliable, overall. Because these searches only includes returns from a pre-determined list of candidates it could miss many others possible sources.
***[[User:Superb Owl/Reliable Source Engine]]: ''only'' includes perennial generally reliable sources, making search results easier to filter out (though some op-ed pages remain). Great option for beginners.
***[[User:Syced/Wikipedia Reference Search]]: some websites included (in addition to opinion pages) may not comply with [[WP:RS]], so extra judgment is
*Several [[academic search engines|general search engines]] exist for more academic material, particularly scholarly articles, although some content will be behind a paywall: examples are [[Google Scholar]], [[BASE (search engine)|BASE]] and the [[Internet Archive]]'s https://scholar.archive.org/ . [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJH6MfuZs7s This longer video] outlines the use of some Google Scholar features.
*[[Internet Archive]] and [[Google Books]] indexes millions of books, both academic and popular; however, not all will be available in full text.
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**Installing the [[Unpaywall]] extension on your browser helps you find the full text of the articles wherever you found them.
*Public or research libraries have both books and research databases, covering a wide variety of subject areas. [[WP:FYL|Find yours]].
* [[Wikipedia:Free English newspaper sources]] (WP:FENS) provides a list of text-searchable, free (no-pay, non-subscription/-membership/-login) online English newspaper sources.▼
*See if any [[WP:TWL/Resources|free resources]] cover the topic area
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** [https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=a0a45496e245345f5#gsc.tab=0&gsc.sort= Search engine of free reliable sources] ([[User:Superb Owl/Reliable Source Engine|project]])
*[[WP:TWL|The Wikipedia Library]] is an initiative to help Wikipedians get access to subscription or paid sources to improve Wikipedia articles. Editors can [[Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Journals|apply for access to databases]], [[WP:RX|request specific sources]], or [[WP:RD|request help with research]].
*Bibliographies on a topic outline the main scholarly sources in a subject area and provide a good starting point, where they are available.
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