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Searching the Internet
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Great sites websearch.about.com and www.library.umass.edu/toolbox/tools.shtml
How to search the net - general advice, tutorials, reviews and more
Advanced Searching Techniques and Tips - a good list of references for searching. Essential Web searching strategies and methods for finding online, including advanced searching techniques and Internet searching reference guides.
Choose the Best Search Engine - A three part series by Chris Sherman on how to choose the Best Search tool.
Choose the Best Search - A good table with the type of information you are searching for on the left and what you should use on the right.
Comparing Search Engines - This article provides some links to help you decide which search engine fits your needs.
Descriptions of common search engines - I like this article! It is an easy to follow comparison of your major search engines with tips and tactics .
Evaluating Search Engines for Science - results of a study done by chemistry graduate students regarding which site is best for science.
Finding Information On the Internet - This tutorial presents the substance of the NEW two-part Internet Worshops offered year-round by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley.
Fishing the Net - an article from Electronic-School. Access to the Internet has made teachers overwhelmingly aware of the information explosion because they and their students are drowning in a sea of facts and figures. Fishing on the Internet yields a harvest of data, distractions, and debris. This article details a seven-step model to help students organize information. They field-tested this model in a partnership between Kansas State University and the Spring Hill (Kan.) Unified School District, and with teachers throughout the country.
InfoSearcher - Searching for information today is both easier and harder than it was when your only choice was the library and its massive card catalog. More information is available than ever before, and you can access information from across the country or around the world. This means that you, the researcher, need to understand where information is most likely to be found, how it's organized and how to retrieve it effectively using computerized search tools. The reference librarian is an invaluable resource to help teach you and advise you, but won't be there when you're searching Yahoo at midnight on the weekend before your paper's due. The Info Search section has some resources to help you learn how to become a skilled researcher, both in the library and in cyberspace.
Internet Search Advantage - From ZD Journals - Each month, we'll review small search engines, link stations, and reference sites that provide excellent resources for your Internet research.
Kathy Schrock's searching guide - A slide show to help you in your Internet search activities.
List of articles for advanced searching - Chris Sherman at About.com is the guide for the web searching area. He is good. This is a list of some great articles. Each article has links to follow after reading the article.
Mastering the Web and Searching - Chris Sherman has put together a number of articles and tutorials designed to help you learn the many aspects of web searching. Makes for a great course.
The Matrix - This collection represents my evaluation and opinion of many of the most popular Web search engines and subject catalogs. Although ideally suited as a guide for the Internet novice, it also serves as a checklist for experienced netsurfer's and information specialists who want specific features or value-added services
Power Searching Tutorial - This tutorial is organized to proceed from the basics to more advanced topics. It is divided into two sections: "Searching with Internet Provided Resources" and "Using a Powerful Desktop Resource — Mata Hari®". The first section has 12 parts containing 51 topics and describes the search services, available operators, and the extremely important information on how to compose your queries. The second section contains 11 topics and describes using our tool: Mata Hari.
Results Ranking in Search Engines - Many search engines support Boolean operators, field searching, and other advanced techniques, but with relevancy searching users simply enter their terms and click the Search button. While searches may retrieve thousands of hits, search engine producers claim their systems place items that best match the search query at the top of the results list. In this study, we test how five major search engines retrieve and rank documents in answer to sample search queries.
Rev Up Your Own Search Engine - how to add a search engine to your own web site.
Search Engine Guide -
We researched the top search engines, indices and other websites that have
shown to influence a significant part of the web as starting points. From
our findings, we report to you how the search engines work, how they search
and what they look for in a website when indexing.
Search Engine Showdown - Lots of information on search engines including comparison charts, reviews and more.
Search Engine Strategies 99 - Search Engine Strategies 99, sponsored by Internet.com and moderated by Danny Sullivan, editor of Search Engine Watch, was a phenomenal conference. The day-long event in San Francisco was packed with fascinating presentations and panel discussions featuring search engine experts and representatives from the major Web directories and the engines themselves.
Search Engine Submissions - This section of Search Engine Watch (formerly called A Webmaster's Guide To Search Engines) is primarily for webmasters, site owners and web marketers. It covers search engine submission and registration issues. It explains how search engines find and rank web pages, with an emphasis on what webmasters can do to improve their search engine placement by using better page design, HTML meta tags, and other tips.
Search Engine Watch - Includes searching tips, reviews, listings, resources and more.
Seven Stupid Searching Mistakes - In the lighthearted spirit of the popular books for "idiots" and "dummies," here's a look at seven common blunders that are virtually guaranteed to deliver useless, nonsensical, or completely worthless search results. Some of these gaffes might surprise you. But once you recognize them, it's easy to banish these little gremlins forever from your Web search tool kit.
Smart Searching - Searching the Web can be often be an excruciatingly frustrating exercise. Search engines serve up blank, outrageous, or worthless results. Promising links turn into blind alleys. This can be especially maddening when you're trying to find a site that you *know* exists -- but you just can't find it! You can improve your results by artfully employing certain strategies to search the Web. Here are five easy search strategies to try next time you get stuck.
Three Part Article from About.com Web Search Guide - Very good article.
Web Matrix: What's the Difference - Intro to terminology.
Which Search Engine - A small but good site. Includes descriptions, search purposes and comparisons of major search tools.
When and How To Search the Net - by Marylaine Block -There are several questions to ask yourself before selecting a search engine and looking for information on the worldwide web.
When Search Engines Fail - Search engine failures range from swamping you with irrelevant results to surfacing no results at all, with degrees of failure at all levels between these extremes. Here are five common situations when search engines fail, with specific tips on how to turn failure into success.
Worth A Look Reviews - Worth A Look reviews cover search engines, Web searching books, and other tools for power searchers. These reviews are a regular weekly feature in the free Web Search Newsletter.
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General Search Engines and Directories
Direct Hit - Direct Hit is a new search engine related to Apple and HotBot that searches sites by popularity.
Dogpile - a metasearch engine
Oingo Search Engine - Oingo's Meaning-Based Search is powered by the Oingo Ontology, a highly detailed database of over 1,000,000 words and meanings, linked by millions of relationships in a semantic network that is constantly changing to reflect the currency of everyday language. Keying "dolphins" into the meaning-based search engine triggers a drop-down box that asks whether to limit the hunt to sites about the mammal or the football team. Opt for the Miami Dolphins, and results encompass not only keyword matches like "Miami Dolphins Tickets" but also related links like former star running back Larry Csonka's home p age. Rather than just match keywords like most search engines, Oingo links nearly 2 million words to millions of related meaning.
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Collections of Search Engines and Specialized Search Engines
37 Search Engines - You can access 37 search engines from one web site.
About.com main search topic Index
Art Resources on the Web - a list of sites and search engines for art information
arxiv.org - Science teachers and research fiends - a neat new search tool is now open for business. This vast repository of scientific papers is an indispensible resource for serious research in the sciences. The database includes hundreds of thousands of papers reaching into even the most obscure back-waters of scientific inquiry. Browse by subjects, or search using powerful filters.
Beacoup Search Directory - Has 1000s of individualized search resources organized by topic.
BizWeb - BizWeb is a web business guide to 42676 companies listed in 197 categories.
Clipart Searcher - Clip Art Searcher: search forms optimized to find graphics and sounds.
ComFind - Geographic based with over 100000 businesses listed and 6000 product categories.
CyberCafe Searcher - searches for the nearest Cybercafe (for Internet access).
Cybercams - Links to search for web cybercams.
Direct Search - direct search is a growing compilation of links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools like Alta Vista, Google, and Infoseek. While general search tools are essential for retrieval of Internet materials many users do not realize that large amounts of information are not easily searchable via these tools.
Ditto - searches for images on the web - may be blocked by Bess
EuroSeek - multi-language search engine concentrating on Europe
findflicks.com, a new data-mining technology from search firm Endeca lets you stroll purposefully through the site's videos and DVDs by grouping products into specific areas, like genre or actor. In the mood for Alfred Hitchcock? Click "directors," and type "Hitchcock" in the search box: A list of 42 of the suspense master's films appears. Hoping for a kid-friendly flick? Sort the results by rating: The Birds is Hitchcock's sole PG-13 entrant, while among his four PGs is the classic Rear Window.
Gene and Suzanne's Collection - search engines collected with educators in mind.
Google Groups - WONDERFUL SEARCH RESOURCE - Last Thursday (April 27), Google restored the entire DejaNews database for free. The Deja database is an archive of pretty well every message posted to Usenet newsgroups since mid-1995, roughly 650 million postings. As promised, the revamped Deja database is enhanced with Google's powerful yet easy-to-use search technology, as well as its speed.
Healthatoz - Offers quick access to medical information on the Web. In addition to a search engine of the annotated and rated directory, you can check Health Alert for the topic of the month (archived) which takes an important health topic or disease and offers in-depth coverage.
History search engines from Internet - a large collection of links to search engines for various history/social studies topics.
Information Outpost - Getting information from the Internet could never be easier! Explain what you are looking for in the form below (or e-mail us) and we will send links to the sites we found via e-mail. Our goal is to respond within 24 hours. Please provide as much background data as possible-we don't always understand your jargon and abbreviations.
Information Please contains searchable almanacs on all topics.
Internet FAQs - search FAQs for most newsgroup sites.
Internets - a web site that has links to 1000's of databases. Type in the topic you want (history, science, art, etc.) and a list of links to databases for that topic will come up.
The Invisible Web - The Invisible Web Catalog is a directory of over 10,000 databases, archives, and search engines that contain information that traditional search engines cannot access.
Job Search Links - links to help you find a career.
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Librarian's Index to searching - VERY GOOD collection of search resources.
Library of Congress Search Tools -
Listen - this site links music lovers to legally downloadable (free and fee) music on the Web. Search by artist's name or browse genres such as Blues, Show Tunes, World, Reggae, and more.
Liszt - the mailing list directory
Military Search Engines and Portals - find armed forces Web sites Military search engines and portals help you find army, navy, airforce, marine, and other armed forces Web sites. Whether you're searching for military sites in your country or around the world, these armed services portals will help you carry out your mission.
NASA Image Exchange - search NASA'a database of images
The New Athenaeum - This directory is a "metaguide to Internet Resource Guides developed by libraries and library professionals all over the world." The arrangement is by Dewey Decimal Classification (broad categories) on the main page.
Newsmaps - explore news articles in a visual setting.
Online Literature Library - collection of classic works
Open Directory Project - The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web, by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors. Signing up is easy: choose a topic you know something about and join. Editing categories is a snap. We have a comprehensive set of tools for adding, deleting, and updating links in seconds. For just a few minutes of your time you can help make the Web a better place, and be recognized as an expert on your chosen topic.
PlanetClick - PlanetClick.com is the largest open directory on the Internet built by a spirited, grassroots community of Internet users who add, rate and review the sites they want to share with others. This free exchange of opinions combined with our unique rating system allows the most highly regarded sites to appear first in search results. This makes it easier to find what you're looking for on the Internet
Price's List of Lists - An excellent directory for locating many "Best of..." lists available on the Internet.
Ready Reference - a collection of informational sites and search engines.
Real-Time Tracking and Monitoring - Use the Web to get real-time quotes, sports scores, traffic and road conditions and current weather. Track packages, satellites, airplanes.
SavvySearch - meta search engine using 150 search engines, not simultaneously.
Science search sites from about.com and Chris Sherman - a great list from specific to general sites.
Searching for information on the Internet: links - VERY LARGE list of articles, brief summary for each link.
SciSeek Search Directory - part search engine part index or directory this site serves to help you find science and math information. You can browse the categories already setup or type in keywords.
Scour - A "guide to multimedia on the Internet," this is a browsable or searchable database of audio, video, and sound files on the Internet.
Search Engine Colossus - International directory of search engines.
Search Engines Galore - Search general engines or browse a speciality engine.
Search Engine Guide - search over 3,000 databases and engines
SmallShop - Collection of engines.
Specialized Search Engines - a general list from websearch.about.com
US GovSearch - Welcome to usgovsearch for public libraries & public schools. Search our comprehensive collection of millions of web pages from government and military sites for authoritative information by and about the US government.
Virtual Search Engines - collection of specialized engines organized by topic.
WebPlaces - collection of web search links.
WebShed - collection of web search links.
Yellow Pages - search engine and specialized search links (concentrates on business).
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Email and People Finders
About.Com People Finders Links
PeopleSpot - From the site, quickly and easily find address and phone numbers, genealogy tools, alumni and family networks, volunteer opportunities, public opinion polls, personality tests and more. Sites featured on PeopleSpot.com are hand-selected by our editorial team for their quality, content and utility.
Sleuthing for People Online - A great article from Chris Sherman, Web Search Guide at about.com, on how to track people down.
UT Austin's People Finder Links - A collection of links for finding people.
Virtual Search Engine People Links
WhoWhere - A people finder by Lycos
Student Search Tools
ALFY - ALFY, the largest web portal for kids, was developed so that for the first time ever 3-9 year olds could safely and easily experience everything the cyber world has to offer. ALFY is a fun, accessible, educational center stocked with interactive stories, games, crafts, activities, and much more. Designed with the guidance of an Advisory Board of world-leading psychologists and educators, ALFY is revolutionizing the way kids learn and play online.
ALFY reviewed - a good review of ALFY
Extreme Kids - The mission of ExtremeKids.com is to provide a safe place where children and parents can go for education, entertainment, fun and games. Thousands of children and parents visit ExtremeKids.com every month searching for information, learning, and playing on the internet. Stop by the website and see for yourself. We have hundreds of links to educational resources and activities.
Kid Safe - maintaining by Apple - many links that have been reviewed for content. Can search by grade level (used to be Smart Zone).
Links - a collection of links including searching links
Internet Search Engines Designed for Kids - a list of sites from Shabonee School in Illinois. Includes the favorites of Yahooligans and KidsClick.
KidsClick! searchable directory Created by librarians. Each site has a reading level assigned to it.
Kids Search Engines - a collection of links
Kids search Tools - another collection of search tools
Search Engines.com Kid engines - a good collection of sites, articles and more.
Search engines for Teachers and Kids - a nice list with descriptions of each site.
Surf Monkey - At SurfMonkey.com, we provide a family of free Internet products for the Internet Generation -- kids ages 6 and up. We help you truly take advantage of the incredibly vast offerings of the Web, while safeguarding you against its perils. Our products encourage kids to explore, learn and have fun on the Web - with unparalleled safety features built right in. You can even have Surf Monkey himself stay with you wherever you go, acting as your host, your guide, your pal.
Surfing the Net with Kids - Barbara J. Feldman, a former computer consultant and programmer, is the mother of two young children. "Surfing the Net with Kids" is syndicated in newspapers nationally.
Yahooligans - one of the first search directories designed specifically for kids.
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Search Wizards and Other Things
Bookmarklets - Tools to help your browser search faster and more efficiently.
How-To Lists for Searching - These simple step-by-step procedures guide you through common searching tasks, some with links to related (and more comprehensive) articles or NetLinks pages.
Interactive Web Search Wizard - Are you frustrated with the search results you get from AltaVista, Lycos, or Yahoo? Do you wonder if there's a better way than pounding on HotBot or Excite for answers that they just don't seem to have? Maybe you're searching for results in all the wrong places. Based on user input and popular demand, I'm pleased to introduce the Interactive Web Search Wizard. The Search Wizard will suggest the best search engine for many types of queries. All you need to do is answer a few quick questions, and you'll get the hand-picked search tools from about.com.
News Search Tools and Sites - a list of links from about.com.
NoodleQuest - The Internet is a great place to start your research, but where do you start? NoodleQuest is a wizard that answers that question for you! Just answer a few questions about your research topic, and NoodleQuest will tell you some of the best search strategies you can use, and even explain why! Please note that NoodleQuest is tuned for academic research topics.
Search Engine Watch Listings - breaks search tools into categories.
Search Tools - Put a search engine on your web site
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