Web
Search Tools
By
Greg Duncan
Search Directories:
Use a search directory when you don't know what keywords to use in your
search. In a search directory, you can browse topic areas to
locate
information instead of searching by keyword.
Directory
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Contains resources particularly useful to public library users. |
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One of the oldest and largest Web directories |
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A broad catalog of Web sites compiles by volunteer editors |
Search
Engines:
Use a search engine when you are looking for common or well documented
information and you know what keywords to use.
Engine
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A standard search engine with a bright red interface |
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One of the largest search engines available |
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Offers comprehensive coverage and a wide range of searching commands |
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Commercial search with ability to access and retrieve data in real time |
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Includes 500 specialized search engines covering an array of topics |
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Ranks search results based upon the number of links to a page....very popular |
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A search engine, but with extra features. Designed to work with Internet Explorer |
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A volunteer compiled Web resource, an effort to gather the best sites on a topic |
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Covers 1.2 billion Web pages and over 5 million articles from publications and research guides |
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Typical search engine style includes advanced search and yellow pages |
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Offers search tools, hot searches, top searches, and its own directory |
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Business research engine, news, enterprise and market research |
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Business and financial resource |
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Includes a search engine database and a portal finder |
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A search tool with several options for managing results |
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Search results grouped three ways: Topic, Web pages, Expert links |
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Developed by Carnegie Mellon...clusters results hierarchically in folders |
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Search engine that searches over one billion Web pages |
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Google-styled search engine |
Invisible
Web Resources:
Consists of material that traditional search engines cannot
index. They
search non-HTML resources and uses databases that require a direct
query.
Resource
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A collection of 40,000 searchable sites. Includes papers and FAQ's about the Invisible Web |
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This resource is designed to search the content of on-line catalogs and databases |
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Focuses on databases geared toward academic research |
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A large, well organized directory of specialized databases. Human indexed |
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Companion site to its text book. Contains collection of databases with useful annotations |
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Functions as a traditional search engine, as well as directing searchers to Invisible Web sites |
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Provides access to a number of Web sites containing databases. Search or browse selected categories. |
MetaSearch
Engines:
A search tool that researches multiple search engines at the same
time.
Use these for a broad and comprehensive list of results.
Resource
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Ask a question, and it will search various search engines for results |
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Searches 14 search engines and returns results by evaluating their relevancy |
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Offers a well designed search page with a variety of search options |
Other
resources:
Resource
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A Web site that keeps people up to date on
searching the Internet and using search tools. Includes tips |
and its publication, The Computer
Companion: Thirty Practical Lessons for Individual & Classroom Use