Internet Search Engines LRC@TCC
Should you use the Internet for scholarly research? Why/Whynot ( .wmv) ( print/web)
note For scholarly sources, think about adding site:.gov or site:.edu to your search.
Yippy is a metasearch engine: it queries several top search engines and groups similar results together into “clouds.” Clouds help you see your search results by topic so you can zero in on exactly what you are looking for or discover unexpected relationships between items.
iSeek is a targeted search engine for students, teachers, administrators, and caregivers. iSeek uses safe search technologies and editor-reviewed content while searching thousands of trusted resources from universities, government, and established noncommercial providers. Results are sorted into efficient groups.
AltaVista
Ask sorts results
Bing
Blinkx (video clips)
Google Scholar
InfoSeek YahooBest Information on the Net an alphabetical list of topics, chosen by librarians!
Environment Directory is the largest exclusively environmental organization directory on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries
Infomine Scholarly Internet resource collections.
Internet Public Library University of Michigan School of Information
Librarians' Index to the Internet by the University of California at Berkeley.
Scout Report Archives critical annotations of carefully selected Internet sites
WorldCat (use advanced search to limit to Internet source and NOT netlibrary)
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topSearch Engine Math shows how to use +,-,"" to quickly improve your searches.
Do you want a library or the Internet?
Do you want a search engine or a database?
Are you evaluating your sources?
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Our subject guide, Searching the Internet, provides information for beginners on how to search, what to search, and how to evaluate what you find.
Searchenginewatch.com with a listing of specialty search engines is a one stop shop for search engine reviews, news, changes, statistics, etc.
SearchEngineShowdown the users' guide to Web searching, compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the searcher's perspective.
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