Riley, Michael

Subject	Name of tool	Comments
Medical	PubMed	Searchable database of academic medical literature; managed by the US National Library of Medicine.
Medical	GoPubMed	A feature-rich compilation of academic medical literature.
Medical	Medline Plus	Easy-to-read guides and videos; not as technical as other medical search engines; managed by the National Institutes of Health,
Humanities	JURN	A curated search engine for humanities researchers.
Humanities	Project Muse	A database of over 200 non-profit publishers.
Economics	NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research	Searchable database of economic papers.
Crime	National Criminal Justice Reference Services	A database of articles about issues pertaining to the justice system, including court cases, crime prevention, drugs, etc.
General	OAIster	Feature-rich search tool for a variety of different sources; managed by the OCLC.
General	Refseek	A powerful, general-purpose search engine that finds websites, academic papers, books, newspapers, and more. The site has a variety of features that help you narrow down your search.
General	Sweet Search	A search engine crafted specifically for students. Every website that shows up as search result has been hand-picked by research experts.
General	iSeek	An education-focused general search engine with helpful tools to narrow down your search
General	ipl2	The site contains a search engine and an index of helpful, credible sites arranged by topic.
General	EasyBib Research (Beta)	EasyBIb research makes the bibliographies on our site searchable, so you can look at sources about your topic that other students are using.
Chemistry	PubChem	Contains academic chemistry information; managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Philosophy	PhilPapers	A database of academic papers related to philosophy.
Science	Science.gov	A resource of scientific papers and information; overseen by the US government.
Science	Scirus	A search engine geared towards scientific information.
Science	Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)	A database of scholarly scientific information.
Statistics	US Census Bureau	Statistics in the US, arranged topically (Education, Business, Agriculture, etc.).
Statistics	CIA World Factbook	Statistics, reports, maps, history, and other information about 267 countries.