15 hours ago · Tech · 0 comments

How to add Google News, Google Books, and Google Scholar search directly in your browser, to search those sites with fewer steps, and less chance of being distracted.One of my hobbies is contributing to Wikipedia, and more so, creating new Wikipedia articles. Citations of reliable sources are key to both good contributions, and new articles, especially in making them stick (not get reverted/deleted).I use Google News to search for citations, and depending on the topic, sometimes Google Books and Google Scholar.Unfortunately, to search Google News, you have to first go to Google News (news.google .com - deliberately unlinked here), upon which you are immediately shown distracting (if not dire) news photos, headlines etc. which present a non-trivial challenge to staying focused.If only there was a way to directly search Google News from your browser search box / address bar (like you can search Wikipedia from your browser).Unfortunately, there is no site-specific search option for…

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