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On-line web search engines
This page gives links on how to use search engines, and then lists
search engines, newsgroups, listserv finders (and a , metasearchers, and white
pages.
Evaluation of Web sites
- It's very important to be able to evaluate the results of your
search. Here's what I tell my students:
http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/pi/PROJECTS/example.htm
- Arlyn Freed thinks " the lack of good search skills can really hinder
the success of some projects. Teaching students BOOLEAN language basics and
steering them toward specific search engines is key to limiting search time and
helping students located exactly what they are looking for. Additional ideas:
include basic Internet vocabulary, suggest searching by file extension, and
explore the benefits of various search engine options (ie: search by image,
audio, etc.). I include some of this material in a web page I created for
low-level beginners: http://www.eslhome.com/esl/listen/search/"
- Michael Krauss has "I have updated materials that are useful for
teachers who want to learn more about using Internet resources in the
classroom. Topics covered include strategies for incorporating online content,
improving Web searching techniques, learning to evaluate (and helping students
learn to evaluate) Web content, creating online activities using 'click 'n
build' resources, and creating collaborative student projects. In addition to
materials (collections of Web resources and lesson plans), there are hands-on
activities that can be used by teachers or with students. Though these
materials were designed for use in a graduate course offered online, they are
accessible to all who would like to make use of them.
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/usia/home.html
Use the "Syllabus" and "Daily Assignments" links to access the materials."
- For advice on using search engines sensibly, check out John
McVicker's Most Respectable work at:
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/InfoTools/search.html
- There is an info searching tutorial at University of California,
Berkeley:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html.
A posting to Neteach (digest 160, Jan 1999), dubbed this "The best set of
guidelines on different types of search engines, techniques, site evaluation,
etc."
Some Google features
Now everyone provides a toolbar it seems, sometimes without your
realizing you've been asked (and by default they halt popups which can make
your favorite java chat sites unreachable suddenly, until you turn that little
doobie off). But Google was one of the first to provide a bar which in less
intrusive days let you search Google simply by highlighting a word or phrase on
any Web page and clicking on the link. To get it visit one of the sites below
and drag and drop the bookmark onto your toolbar. Then highlight the text on
the webpage and click the google button.
Google offers three different links you can drag and drop onto your
toolbar.
- Google Search is the one that lets you search for any word or phrase
that you highlight.
- Google Scout will show you a list of Web pages similar to the Web
page you are currently viewing.
- Google.com is a hyperlink to Google; click on it and you are taken to
Google's Web site.
- Opens nodes to links off any web page:
http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html
And most recently (October 2004) Google's PC search that allows you to
find your email, files, web history e.g. web pages you've seen, even when
you're not online, and chats etc. by searching as easily as you do on Google
You can download it at http://desktop.google.com/
Web Searchers
Search Engine info:
Articles about Search Engines:
- The most significant research on search engine technology is often
showcased at the annual International World Wide Web Conference. Here's a
sampling of the decade's best.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/02/sd0411-w3c.html
<from WEBOPEDIA WEEKLY NEWSLETTER; Volume 6, Number
15, 12 Apr 2002>
- This link takes you to the PC Mag product reviews page
http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2652815,00.html.
On June 15, 2005 I typed Search Engines in the search box there and got
Searching beyond Google and Yahoo: nine online search engines compared May 9,
2005 http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-10572_16-6219242.html
- For an international directory of search engines, try Search Engine
Colossus (a project of Bryan Strome, British Columbia, Canada):
http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
- "Just the Answers, Please: Choosing a Web Search Service" by Susan
Feldman (a 1997 comparative examination of different services):
http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~sibel/4962/project/choosing_an_engine.html
Alphabetical listing of Search Engines:
Meta Searches
Updating to 2007, http://noodletools.com (and many others
described in Deborah Healey's presentation on search engines at
http://glocall.org in Nov 2007)
The Best and Most Popular Meta Search Engines By Chris Sherman,
Associate Editor September 18, 2002 Updated: May 5, 2004
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/02/sd0918-meta1.html
(seen June 15, 2005)
White Pages
Bigfoot
Four 11 takes you to Yahoo! People
Search
Switchboard Yellow Pages
Electrified
Internet @ddress.finder
Who Where?
Whois services
Whois search via RIPE: http://www.ripe.net/db/whois.html
InterNIC http://www.internic.net/index.html
http://whois.apnic.net APNIC for
Asia Pacific IP address allocations
http://whois.nic.mil Defense Information
Systems Agency for US Military
ARIN WhoIs Database Search, allowing entry of either domain name or IP
address, is http://www.arin.net/whois/
Tips on Using Search Engines
Quick tips: you can use AltaVista by simply typing in av.com, and
aj.com for AskJeeves
Hard copy: A good comparison of search engines can be found in PC
Magazine Special Pullout "Guide to Online Search Services" Dec 3, 1996, Vol.
15, No. 21.
Recall dead links using the Wayback Machine at
http://web.archive.org/collections/web.html
Are you blocked from certain sites and can't see the pages you want? Try
this ... try to bring up the page using Google's search engine and then view
the CACHED version.
If you want search engines to find your page, check out "So You Want To
Register Your Pages, Huh?" by Joe Burns (undated) at
http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/beyond/register.html
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