Sad Girl Diaries

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.

Late Night Radio Speaker

Ungodly amounts of empty coffee cans

Soft neon lights

Dark circles under eyes

Probably doesn’t know what morning is

Humming to a 90s grunge song

Spinning in a chair is a sport

Has lots of random knowledge

Sarcasm oozes with every word

Ghost hunting Youtubers

Beanie

Big backpack

Utility vest/jacket

It’s always takeout time

Loves the aesthetic of motels

Very enthusiastic and passionate

Gets scared easily but never admits it

Can fall asleep anywhere

Can’t live without social media

FBI agent on paranormal cases

Messy hair

Pen in the ear/hair

Stacks of paper everywhere

Coffee circles on everything

Driven

A bit paranoid

Reads a lot

Has a chaotic file system that still works

Charismatic

Very understanding

Always tired

Fortune Teller/Witch

Herbs everywhere

Collection of mason jars

Always has a deck of tarot cards

Flowing hair

Oversized black clothes

Cozy home

Mysterious smile

Laughter lines

Soft gaze

Dark nail polish

Bold makeup

Always smells of cinnamon

Probably digs up dirt at cemeteries

Mechanic

Short hair

Owns nothing but flannel

Band tees and denim

Reads lots of sci-fi

Always tinkers on something

Their laptop is their life

Big ambitions

Gave up on school but is still very good at academics

Prides themselves on their tool collection

Dust on their hands

Journalist for a paranormal paper

Circle glasses

Pencil skirts/fitted trousers

Dress shirts worn half untucked

Sketches for fun

Just wants to find the truth

Tried not to swear but still does

Collects little trinkets

Loves cafes

Works best at night

Unorganized email inbox

Duffel bag in the backseat