By now we’re all pretty familiar with Google Scholar as a helpful search engine for finding scholarly information on the web. An up and coming competitor to the Google Scholar enterprise is Q-Sensei Scholar. This online tool is also a meta-search engine that’s designed to pick up scholarly articles and proceedings from a set number of  reputable sources. Here’s the list for your reference:

• arXiv – preprints of scientific papers in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, and Statistics
• Ingenta Connect – scholarly Financial and Business content
• Library of Congress – books of all fields
• PubMed – journal articles in the Life and Biomedical Sciences
• RePEc – research papers, working papers, preprints, and journal articles in Economics

Q-Sensei Scholar also offers users the option of creating a free account to track, save, and monitor customized searches. Take a look at the FAQ page for more information on registering as well as other unique features of the search engine.