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 | This page in a nutshell: Advanced source searching can provide more comprehensive search results compared to simpler standard searches. |
Advanced source searching can provide more comprehensive and accurate search results compared to simpler standard searches, which can be useful for the assessment and determination oftopic notability. Customizing searches to narrow results, using other search engines besides Google, and the general customization of search parameters can often provide several and sometimes many additionalreliable sources that are not included in basic searches, such as those using Wikipedia's{{Find sources}} template.
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| GRel Source Engine | User:Aaron Liu | 10 | April 2025 |  Generally reliable |
| Reliable Source Engine[a] | project page | 7 | May 2025 | Generally reliable |
| Wikipedia Reference Search | project page | 30 | July 2024 |  no consensus |
| Reliable perennial sources | User:Barkeep49 | 2020? |  [1]Generally unreliable | |
| Reliable sources search engine | User:A Quest For Knowledge | ? | Generally unreliable |
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 | You can improve this article by usingideal sources as references to support medical and health content added to this article. These sources are defined in the guidelineWikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine).Medical text books,governmental health agencies andmedicalreview articles are excellent sources. Here are links to some sources of information aboutAdvanced source searching.
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