The libraries of different institutes of CSIR are the major supporting services to achieve the targeted goals. A research supporting library provides effective and efficient services to its users.To utilize the online research resources, the search engine functions as interface that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. Now days there are many search engines and knowledge portals deployed in the scientific studies. A few of them are most used search engines and knowledge portals used in scientific

searches. The prime objective of this survey describes the main purpose for using search engines and knowledge portals. This study has been all about keeping scientists and research scholars of CSIR organisations in “Uttar Pradesh”, “Uttaranchal” and “New Delhi”. The study explores few aspects as awareness, about search engines and knowledge portals. The usage and popularity of search engines and knowledge portals in routine scholarly tasks have been identified and studied in context of the scientific

achievements. There has been an attempt to find the linkage between searching tools and the research outcomes. Based on the findings, the study suggests proper training and awareness through library to the users, marketing of knowledge portals and their services through advertisement.