Using Search Engines
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Major General Search Engines
Engine Name Librarian's Notes Web Address / URL
Google 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/
Berkely Library Guides
Tutorial on Internet search tools.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

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