Hinckley Library

Specialized Search Engines


DuckDuckGo

A general search engine that does not track your personal information.


Google - Advanced Search

Google's advanced search screen where you can limit your search to what you want and weed out extra non-related sites.


Google Scholar

Google's specialized search engine that searches across many scholarly disciplines and worldly sources.


Search Engines--Alternatives (20 Best)

Looking for more privacy or an ad free search experience? In this post, we'll introduce 20 alternative search engines to use beyond Google. By Chuck Price.


Start Page Search Engine

Touted as "The world's most private search engine," StartPage says that they are the only third-party certified search engine in the world that does not record your IP address or track your searches. StartPage gives you a clean Google Search without tracking!


WWW Chemistry Guide

WWW Chemistry Guide - the directory and search engine of chemistry related resources on the Internet. Our search engine allows you to search the contents of more than 250 websites. It searches only the sites we specify, bypassing a lot of the junk.


Wolfram|Alpha - a computational knowledge engine

A specialized search engine, WOLFRAM|ALPHA uses built-in knowledge curated by human experts to compute on the fly a specific answer to every query. Accepts plain English. Ask questions, find & use calulators & formulas. Graphs and statistics are provided with answers. Includes background information, definitions & links. Mobile & Course Apps to purchase


Yahoo! Advanced Search

Use this advanced search screen to narrow your search to what you want.