Besides for the standard search engines (GOOGLE,YAHOO,ASKJEEVES,LYCOS)
what other sources do GOOGLE researchers use to investigate and answer
questions?
Mongolia

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 18 Aug 2004 14:52 PDT

mongolia...

Would a list of links to resources which have been bookmarked
by a community of GA Researchers satisfy your query?

sublime1-ga

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Clarification of Question by mongolia-ga on 19 Aug 2004 06:06 PDT

Dear Sublime1

Yes that would be indeed a useful aspect. 
What would also be useful are any NON-internet sources 
(If Google researchers use non internet sources :-)  )
(e.g. directories, libraries , micro-fiched archives,books, telephone
directories and information
 cds not accessible to the Web)

Regards

Mongolia

Hello mongolia~

While the Google search engine (including features like Froogle, image
search, etc.) is certainly the #1 tool we Researchers use, here are
some other sources of information some Researchers call upon. Bear in
mind that it?s impossible to list *all* the tools Researchers use,
because Researchers may use *anything* that is reliable as part of
their research.

Acronymsearch.com
Archive.org/web/web.php (internet archive)
Archives.gov/research_room/index.html (U.S. Gov. archives)
Artprice.com
Biblegateway.com
Bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
Bl.uk (British Library)
Bopcris.ac.uk (publications by the British gov)
Businesscreditusa.com
CharityNavigator.org 
City-data.com
Collectionscanada.ca/02/0201_e.html (Canadian National Archives)
Copyright.gov
Coreynahman.com/druginfopage.html
Costumes.org
Cybergeography.org/statistics.html (internet stats)
Dead-or-alive.org/dead.nsf/
Factcheck.org
Factfinder.census.gov
Familysearch.org
Filext.com (extension search)
Fortune.com/fortune/dex/comp_f500.html
Freepint.com/gary/direct.htm (database)
Ftc.gov/bcp/rn/ (RIN database)
Ggmark.com (about trademarks)
Hierarchies.org/register.php
Howstuffworks.com
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html (Death records)
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/products.htm (household products database)
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
http://openaccess.dialog.com/ip/ (intellectual property searches)
http://patronbooksinprint.com/Bowker/Default.asp
Imdb.com (Internet Movie Database)
Infomine.ucr.edu/ (scholarly works search)
Kovels.com (recent prices for antiques)
Lectlaw.com/inll/1.htm
Legaldocs.com
Loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html (Library of Congress)
MadSci.org
Mrmagazine.com/home.html
Nasdaqtrader.com/asp/nasdaq100disclaimer.asp?file=/asp/nasdaq100ndx.asp
Nationmaster.com
Nla.gov.au (National Library of Australia)
Nyse.com/marketinfo
Nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html
Pbs.org
Playbill.com (theatre info)
Pollingreport.com
Roadsideamerica.com
Romingerlegal.com (law)
Sacred-texts.com/index.htm
Salary.com
Searchgov.com
Searchsystems.net/index.php (database)
Symbols.com
Terra.es/personal2/monolith/00index.htm (world political leaders)
Thesmokinggun.com
Thomasregister.com (to find manufactuerers)
Uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/issuyear.htm (patent numbers)
Webmd.com
Whorepresents.com
WorldAtlas.com
Wotsit.org (extrension search)


In addition, Researchers sometimes make phone calls to businesses or
experts that relate to the question, or visit the library (personal,
private, or public) to search books and reference materials. It's
impossible to name specifics here, since it depends entirely upon the
question and where the Researcher lives.

Regards,
Kriswrite

RESEARCH STRATEGY:
Researcher's personal knowledge
Researcher's personal bookmarks
Other Researcher's bookmarks

Kriswrite

Thank you for a very comprehensive answer.
Bowler
Thank you for the additional information.

I'm not a researcher but I've gathered from reading many of the
questions that some have access to paid databases either offered for
free or through a local public library such as:

Ancestry.com
WorldCat Database
FirstSearch or Proquest periodical databases
various National Newspaper Archives
LexisNexis

I also have noticed researchers making extensive use of:

Google Image and Groups search
Ebay.com
Amazon.com (search inside feature)
Whois.com
newspaperarchive.com

Of course there are many more.  The basic search engines act as a
starting point in research much the same way encyclopedia's act as a
starting point for print reseach.  Many new sites and databases are
discovered as searches are attempted.

Bowler-ga 

Bowler-ga

Mongolia~

Thank you for the great rating--and the tip! :)

Kriswrite