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[–] OneOfTheBoys ago 

You need to include sci-hub.se (and mirrors) for research! How to locate DOI on preview of articles to copy paste into scihub for full text (sometimes it is obvious, others it is nor labelled or you have to click 'show more' to see it.

How to find original source documents and what are original source and secondary source.

https://umb.libguides.com/PrimarySources/secondary

How to use and locate archive libraries (usually pretty straight forward I think, "ask a librarian" is usually the best option if you are stuck".)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/help/searching

https://justprivacy.org/google-alternatives/

https://prism-break.org/en/

https://voat.co/v/whatever/4132957

https://hackernoon.com/untraceable-search-engines-alternatives-to-google-811b09d5a873

http://republicbroadcasting.org/news/the-complete-list-of-alternatives-to-all-google-products/

Searchvoat.co ;P

Another good tip is knowing the structure of your government, what department looks after what, as sometimes it is not obvious, especially when two departments overlap. Government websites can be (purposefully) heinous, search bars don't always work as they should, so how to find and use a sitemap...there must be a way to find one on a website using a third-party website or browser add on or something, as I've noticed as the search bars and menus become less usable the sitemap link at the bottom of websites is becoming rarer.