Resources for Searching the
Web
Search Engines
Google
A favorite amongst
librarians, Google has a well-deserved reputation as the top choice for those
searching the web. The crawler-based service provides both comprehensive
coverage of the web along with great relevancy.
Teoma
Owned by Ask Jeeves, this
unique search engine also provides suggestions to refine your
searches.
Yahoo
Possibly Google’s largest
competitor, Yahoo provides excellent web search results and access to many
value added features. Yahoo is the web's oldest "directory," a place where
human editors review and organize web sites into categories. In 2002 Yahoo
shifted to crawler based listings although the directory can still be accessed
from within a list of search results.
Metacrawlers and Metasearch Engines
Dogpile
Popular metasearch site
owned by InfoSpace that sends a search to a customizable list of search
engines, directories and specialty search sites, then displays results from
each search engine individually.
Vivisimo
Enter a search term,
and Vivismo will not only pull back matching responses from major search
engines but also automatically organize the pages into categories.
Guides to Internet Searching
Finding
Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
Search Engine Watch
This is the ultimate online source for understanding how search engines
work. The site tracks search engine news, changes in the technology, and
provides comparative information about different search engines.
Five Criteria
for Evaluating Web Pages
Not sure if a website is reliable? View these
criteria to help you decide.
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