This document lists various search engines, content curation tools, websites, tools, and social media sites useful for research. It provides the name and URL for tools that allow deeper web searching, content aggregation through RSS feeds and alerts, paper management, file conversion, tutorials, and research networking on sites like Academia, Mendeley, and Google Blogs.

1. It’s My Favorite! – Volume 1
Search Engines
Deeper Web http://deeperweb.com/
Complete Planet http://aip.completeplanet.com
Search Credible http://searchcredible.com/
Soovle http://soovle.com/
CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/
Virtual Private Library http://virtualprivatelibrary.com/
Internet Public Library http://ipl.org/
Content Curation
Google Alerts http://www.google.com/alerts
Feedly (RSS Feeds) http://feedly.com/
Research Blogging http://researchblogging.org/
Flipboard https://flipboard.com/
Paper.li http://paper.li/
If This Then That https://ifttt.com/
Zapier https://zapier.com/
Websites & Tools
PDF My URL http://pdfmyurl.com/
Zamzar (file conversion) http://www.zamzar.com/
Zotero (Research) https://www.zotero.org/
Similar Web http://www.similarweb.com/
GCFLearnFree (Tutorials) http://www.gcflearnfree.org/
Paper Rater http://paperrater.com/
Pearl Trees http://www.pearltrees.com/
Social Media Tools
Quora https://www.quora.com/
Research Gate http://www.researchgate.net/
Academia http://www.academia.edu/
Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/
TrendSpottr http://widget.trendspottr.com/welcome.php
Diigo https://www.diigo.com/
Google Blogs http://www.google.com/blogsearch
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