LillyLyle/Count Melancholia2d ago
Useful tools for doing better searches, by a high level librarian: https://cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has-a-secret-reference-desk
Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.

40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

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Show threadSamuelJohnson2d ago
@LillyHerself Thanks. My default is #GoogleBoycott except when nothing else works, which isn't that often fortunately.
Show threadLillyLyle/Count Melancholia
@samueljohnson The article contains an extensive annotated list of other search engines.
Mar 23 at 10:04amTusky
Show threadSamuelJohnson2d ago
@LillyHerself I use a few, anything but Google. Self-hosting SearXNG is on the To Do list. (Privacy respecting metasearch w support for 70+ search engines).