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Line 27: [[DuckDuckGo]] or other general [[search engines]] are effective for finding online sources in particular, but can also be used for some other kinds of sources depending on the topic area. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBV9HsPKXi0&list=PLF2KCgTC6mbQX8Creoyl4jI8q-xeyfcyj&index=2 <!-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WbRIjTRj2U --> This video] outlines the fundamentals of "advanced search" techniques. [[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. [[Wikipedia:Advanced source searching#Custom search engines]] provides a table of the custom search engines created for Wikipedians [[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 needed. 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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