Subject Guides | Evaluating Sources | Search Engines
| Major General Search Engines | ||
| Engine Name | Librarian's Notes | Web Address / URL |
| The current champ. | http://www.google.com | |
| Yahoo | Google’s top competitor. | http://www.yahoo.com |
| Teoma | Coming on strong | http://www.teoma.com |
| Gigablast | A new one; small but you might like it. | http://gigablast.com/ |
| MSN | Powered by Microsoft. | http://search.msn.com |
| Metasearch Engines | ||
| Vivisimo | New and upcoming metasearch. I can’t say it, but I like it. | http://vivisimo.com |
| Dogpile | Works best if you profile it using advanced features. | http://www.dogpile.com |
| Ixquick | Good for pictures, too. | http://ixquick.com |
| Metacrawler | Good old reliable. | http://www.metacrawler.com |
| Profusion | Gets good reviews. | http://www.profusion.com |
| Big Hints | ||
| Download Google Toolbar on your home computer and learn to use it. | ||
| Use ‘Control’ ‘F’ to locate words on a web page page. | ||
| Greg Notess – Search Engine Showdown
The best source to find comparisons of different search engines and subject directories. http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/others/ |
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| Berkely Library Guides
Tutorial on Internet search tools. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html |
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