Scirus

We added Scirus to GALILEO for North Metro students because Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly:

...Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web.
...Find the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints and journals that other search engines miss.
...Offer unique functionalities designed for scientists and researchers

See what Scirus finds when you search for the phrase "Space Shuttle" then compare the results to a search on Google.

You can get to Scirus through the web by using http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/