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Essential Free Academic Search Engines

BASE: Refined Global Access - Click on the image below to access BASE

Start out with a basic search (1) in BASE for easy access to global research resources. Refine your results (2) by sorting options like author, title, and year, and by adjusting filters based on subject, Dewey Decimal classifications, provider, document type, and access type. If you need more precision, take advantage of the advanced search options (3), which allow you to specify fields such as title, subject, Dewey, and more. You can also filter by document type, including options for text (such as books), audio, datasets, videos, theses, and many others. To access BASE, click on the image above or visit https://www.base-search.net/.