Scirus is a free web search engine developed especially for scientists, researchers and students. It enables anyone searching for scientific information to pinpoint the information they need – including peer-reviewed articles, patent information, author home pages and university web sites – quickly and easily. Scirus offers both Basic and Advanced search options – with the Advanced search, you can be more specific – (selecting a subject area or content source for instance) before searching.
Locating scientific information on the web is easy with Scirus because it:
Top Facts
Targets scientific information only
Scirus offers an advantage over other web search engines because it only finds scientific content, so you don't have to wade through pages of irrelevant results to find the information you are looking for.
Covers over 385 million science-related pages
Scirus reveals a wealth of scientific information from web sources (e.g. university sites, author homepages, company homepages), and databases (e.g. ScienceDirect articles, MEDLINE abstracts, USPTO patents, ArXiv e-prints), illuminating your research with unique sources of scientific content.
Finds the most peer-reviewed articles
By delving deep into major databases, Scirus finds more peer-reviewed articles than any other search engine, giving you greater access to key sources of information.
Offers unique features designed specially for scientists
Scirus was specifically developed for researchers in scientific, technical and medical fields. As well as unrivalled content, Scirus has unique features and functionalities that make it easy for you to find the most relevant research information.
Scirus has outperformed Google in Usability testing and won several Search Engine Watch Awards.
The best way to discover the advantages of Scirus is to try it yourself. Not only will you get fast scientific results from both web and journal sources, you can download your own searchbox or submit your web site to Scirus. You'll find it all at www.scirus.com.