Three Great Research Tools
Research is key! What do people want, how do you know? How much time do you have to figure it all out?
I have found the following sites that have very cool tools that have really helped me with my research. By becoming better at searching the web, I have saved myself lots of time and frustration. These tools not only make research much easier, but if research is not your favorite activity, these tools also make the process a whole lot more fun.
I hope that you find them useful too. Oh, and they just happen to be free. My favorite price!
1. Power Search Tool. This is a fabulous tool where you can target your searches for websites, files, images, videos or documents. You can also search for specific information about countries, world cities and maps. And one of my personal favorites — it has a feature called “Bargain Hunter” which will search the web for the best price for any product that you want. It allows you to perform all of these advanced Google searches from your browser. The only caveat to this tool is that it seems to work better (at this writing) in IE than in Firefox.
The video below shows the “power” of the powersearch tool.
2. Brupt file search. Brupt is a Google based search tool that lets you search for Microsoft Word (.doc), Microsoft Powerpoint (.ppt), Microsoft Excel (.xls) and Adobe PDF (.pdf) documents. I use this tool whenever I am looking for article ideas.
3. Soovle. This tool is just too fun. Soovle allows you to search within Wikipedia, Answers.com, Youtube, Bing, Yahoo and Amazon. Very cool! It is a great place to start if you don’t know exactly what you are looking for. As soon as you begin to type in a search term, Soovle will offer suggestions for related terms that help you refine your search. Warning for all self-proclaimed procrastinators: You can lose hours immersed in the fun of searching with this tool.
Any others that make research easier and more fun for you? Drop me a comment and let me know what tools you use to do research! Keep moving forward!
Until next time,
~Norene
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Hi Norene,
Thanks for leaving me a comment on my blog earlier today.
And also thanks for sharing these great search tools with us all. I’ll definitely have to have a look at all of these.
I’m currently not using anything other than google alone for research. But I will be using Amazon for ideas when creating products, and I see that one, if not two of the tools above can help me with that.
Thanks again, Norene.
Paul.
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September 23rd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Hi Norene,
That’s a useful resource list you building.
Can I add another, have you heard of gistweb.com/web.php
It’s a free tool that searches the web based on keywords you input. I’ve found it really useful.
Speak soon,
John
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September 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Cool. Thanks John. I’ll check that one out! I love finding free useful tools! -Norene
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I’m glad you found it useful, Paul! It is amazing all the great tools out there — it’s just a matter of finding them, and then, of course, using them! -Norene
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Hi Norene.
Great post and thanks for all the ideas. Some of those I did not know about but will have to try them out, especially for article searching.
I will be back again, you can bet on it.
Norm
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September 24th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Thanks Norm! Glad you found them useful. -Norene
September 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Thanks for the tools overview above.
Frankly speaking I never experience all those tools before…eager to try.
September 24th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Hi Norene,
I’ve never heard of any of those resources so this has been worth the entrance money alone.
I love visiting other blogs if only to pick up diamonds like that. They’ll be going in my favourites folder.
Regards
Andy
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September 24th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I LOVE these tools! Thank you so much for sharing this information and for talking about how YOU employ the tools to help you – very valuable!
Also. Thanks for stopping by my BLOG as well!
Cheers~
Leanne
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September 24th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Glad you liked them, Leanne! It is so much fun to find these gems on the internet that make your life easier! -Norene
September 24th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I agree Andy! I have learned so much by visiting others’ blogs! Great fun! -Norene
September 24th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Syed,
Looking forward to hearing how you like them. -Norene
September 27th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Hi Norene,
You’re right, research is the key, and those are three excellent resources you have mentioned in your post. I think the Power Search Tool will be very useful for me, thanks for sharing Norene, valuable information there.
Cheers,
Paul
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September 27th, 2009 at 8:14 am
You’re welcome, Paul! Glad you found it helpful. -Norene
September 27th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Love the research you have done into research tools Norene!
Vital that we take the time to research and these tools you’ve uncovered will be added to my “research toolbox.”
Appreciate your visit to our blog and taking the time to leave us your comments there as well.
All the best to you and yours from us in Norway!
Tim Owen´s last blog ..Your Mind On Twitter?
September 27th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
It sure is a small world via the internet, isn’t it? Glad you found my post useful. I love your blog!
September 29th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Norene
Great post, some really useful tools here, none of which I was familiar with yet. Always good to have more to add to your armoury so thanks!
Tom
Tom Harvey´s last blog ..Microsoft & Yahoo Team Up To Challenge Google
September 29th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Thanks for the comment, Tom! Glad you found the post useful! -Norene