As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse. It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms
As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable. As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.
Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.
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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.
www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free
fanfic recommendation for someone who never read a fanfic?
Hi! Ok that’s a cool challenge. Please keep in mind that I’m leaving a lot of great fics out, some because it’s humanly impossible to remember everything and others because I refuse to make a list the size of the bible. Anyway, I hope you like my suggestions ^-^
If you don’t mind a bit of sexy times:
more women than warriors (modern au) by steklir is possibly my favourite fic of all time
in love and war and politics (modern au) by centuriesofexistence is hands down one of the best Clexa fics there is
what heart’s ease must queens neglect (modern royalty au) by thrace is just absolutely brilliant
blood rush in he hazy glow (modern au) by firetestsgold will always be a favourite of mine
oh you’ll find me between (the devil and the deep blue sea) (pirates au) by orangeyouglad8 is an awesome story with pirates and treasure hunts and mysteries ahoy
broken wands (fwb au) by smallamountsofmonster is one of my favourite HP au’s ever
she got me up all night (all i’m singing’ is love songs) (modern au) by mostlyunstablefangirl is my go-to happy one-shot
fight me series (modern au + canonverse) by fairytaleslayer is a beautiful second-person series of fics, two au and one canon
a pleasant undoing by mopeytropey (modern au) is one of those fics that I love, when the characters are roughly my age and I relate (and it’s simply amazing)
touch or carry (modern au) by paintthebrain has Clexa as beach volleyball players - need I say anything else?
suburbia (modern au) by raspberrytree has confident, sure of herself Lexa and it’s both sexy and fun
what is this feeling? (HP au) by aiscrimson is a soulmates au in the HP universe
“i found love” series (modern au) by crumbleduppieceofpaper wrecked me when I read the first one and is now patching me back up
black magic (magic au) by paintthebrain is awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome - awesooooome
two’s company series (modern au) by careyelizabeth is a wonderful ballet au
mystic coffee (magic au) by blindwire is magic, coffee shops, magic tattoos, tiny pet dragons, cool Clarke, and Lexa is glasses all wrapped into one
lifetimes (royalty au) by 8hedaofhearts8 is one of the most underrated fics there are - I love it to bits and pieces, it’s easily a top-5 of mine
if you don’t mind a lot of sexy times:
open windows, open hearts (modern au) by Sheisme is one of the hottest clexa fics out there
loving you in the light & dark series (modern au) by Tanagariel is one of the first I ever read
bare my soul (modern au) by Tanagariel was one of the first to explore the theme and it’s great
you’re fired (so yeah you win) (modern au) by LaFlashdrive was THE smutty fic in its time
this is heaven in hiding (modern au) by orangeyouglad is sexy, ridiculously well written, and fun
the whore’s queen (royal and medieval au) by w0rldofmy0wn is my current obsession
bought, owned, earned series (modern au) by sassymajesty is hot as hell and hits you hard on the feels
fearless. (modern au) by lordvoldyfarts is possibly the best road trip au ever
if you prefer your fics smut-free:
six (mythology au) by LingeringLillies is a beautiful, beautiful take on the Hades/Persephone story
habromanic (modern au) by alittlesoulcarryingacorpse is a sweet and witty one-shot
greencard (modern au) by coeurdastronaute (x and x) is heartbreaking but bloody fucking beautiful
the lay of looking-glass land series (canonverse) by KL_Morgan is a fantastic take on azgeda!clarke, it’s honestly so so great
in the shallows (canonverse au) by blindwire is my favourite role reversal fic
falcon (modern au) by anonbeme is the age gap fic you’ve all been looking for
light a thousand fires under me. (modern au) by sovereignchicken is a beautiful high school au that deals with peer expectations
hooked on a feeling (HP au) by onebigroughdraft is my favourite bundle of joy
love remember me (sweetly and tenderly) by betteronpaper is, like this friend of mine’s other fics, ridiculously well written and beautifully bittersweet
special category: comedy
the 300 (modern au) by bucklethorpe is pure hilarity and beautiful fluff
the business of caring (modern au) by coldmackerel is simply hilarious
it’s called contraband for a reason (prison au) by coldmackerel can’t be described
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I apologise once again to everyone whose fics I forgot to include or decided not to - I do love them.
we lost in 2016 but somehow won in the long run. so: petty, vindictive clexas come get yall food ❤
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