- Search Engines
 Answers.com.
Fast Facts. Great resource if you're looking for the basic information
on a subject. Instead of providing just links to where you can find
information about your subject, Answers.com gives you the basic facts
directly and also provides links to where you can find more information.
In the search blank, I inserted the poet's name Emily Dickinson and
was very pleased with the results. 5/17/05
- All 4 One. Meta-search
engine -- a search engine that actually uses several other search
engines; For more information on metasearch engines ... 3/18/05
- AltaVista.
Another great search engine. 3/26/01
- Askme.com. Ask a question on
just about any subject and you will get an answer e-mailed to you.
6/16/01
- Best sites picked by Yahoo.
- Blog search. Seach millions
of blogs. 12/16/2004 For a definition of blogs
- Boolean
Searches. Good explanation on how to do boolean searches which
can be a big help in narrowing down your hits to your targeted topic.
Email suggestion by Christinan on January 25, 2010. Thanks, Christina.
2/21/2010
- Clipart search engines.
Pictures you can copy to your own
computer and use in your own documents. 6/3/99
- Cranky.com.
A search tool that concentrates on sites having a special appeal to
those over fifty. On the site's
top list page is a category Web 101 that might be especially helpful
to us older folks who are still learning the basics of computing,
the Internet and high tech gadgets. Here we are introduced to blogs,
viruses,
Ipods,
computer
crime and more. 1/29/07
- Dogpile.
Uses many different search engines at once to "fetch" search out the
information you need. 3/27/01.
- FastSearch. Separate search
engines for medicine, law, finances, and realestate -- all available
on this one site. 8/24/99
- Find Articles. A search
engine that locates articles in academic, industrial, and general
interest publications. You can to access only free articles, or you
can access all articles including those you will have to pay for.
For examples of free articles on a variety of subjects: bipolar
disorder, ghosts,
the
insects yellow jackets, dental
flossing and heart disease. When you search out a subject, the
first hits that appear in FindArticles are websites, usually ending
in the domain type .com. I would bypass those which often try to sell
you a product and skip down to where the articles from various publications
begin. I found these publications accessible from FindArticles to
be especially interesting: National
Health Review, Folklore,
National Review, Skeptical
Inquirer.12/12/05
- Findspot.
Offers the choice of many different search engines at this one site.
Uses charts to show how to use each search engine. 12/11/97
- Freeality Internet Search
Engine. Gives access to many search engines.
4/10/06
- Google. Not only searches through Web sites but also through Newsgroups
(Usenet). 3/16/02
- Google Local. When I first
tried this site on Feb. 27, 2006, I was amazed at the results. Just
typed in my home address and got a detailed map of the surrounding
areas. Then I could get driving directions from my home to any local
address I selected. Great source to refer acquaintances to who are
looking for directions to your home. Can even get satellite view of
your location. Can also get listing and directions by category (e.g.,
movies, pizza) to local entertainment and businesses. 2/27/05
- Google makes available past
TV shows for a price -- so if you missed one, use this Google
video search to see if you can view it. A quick preview is free, but
be prepared to pay for the real thing. I wanted to see a Charlie Rose
show I missed on the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The show first
appeared on TV on March
13, 2006.
- Google
Scholar. Search for scholarly articles, many of them "peered
reviewed," that is checked over by recognized specialists in
the subject area of the article. So, for example, if an article is
written by John Smith on the subject of diabetes, before the article
is published, it is checked over by John Smith's peers -- other experts
in diabetes. Also try ScienceDirect
for scientific research articles, again peer reviewed. Many of the
articles require payment to view the full text, but a substantial
number are free. 3/7/07
- Google tutorial. For beginners
and advanced searchers, learn all about how to do searches using Google
-- the number one search engine. This is not a website created by
Google, but a Google user who created her own site to help others
use Google. 11/10/06
- Goto.com. Simple to use.
1/3/99
- Harvard Search. Find
websites and blogs created by Harvard faculty and students. 5/16/05
- Hotbot. "Look for" slot
at top of opening page makes it easy to restrict search by all words,
any words, exact phrase, page title, links to this URL, Boolean phrase.
Can search Usenet (Newsgroups). 6/29/98
- How
to use search engines. Try these two sites: (1)
(2)
3/27/01
- Info.com. A metasearch tool compiles
at once the findings of several different search engines. 2/27/06
- Infopeople Project from
California offer on a single page what they consider to be the best
search engines. 2/16/06
- Infoseek.
One of the best search engines. 2/11/97
- Look Out. Helps to determine
which is the most appropriate search engine to use for your topic.
3/1/01
- Mamma.
Simultaneously uses different search engines. Similar to Dogpile.
12/11/97
- Metacrawler. Uses up to
thirteen search engines at once. 6/28/00
- Inspector's Find.
Links to tutorials for several popular search engines. 3/1/01
- Lycos.Not
only a search engine, but gives links to free e-mail, a free home
page, and chat rooms. 6/14/98
- Medical
questions answered by special search engines. 3/26/01
- Northern
Light. A new search
engine and is especially useful for serious researchers. 12/11/97
- Open
Directory. A subject guide created by volunteers who personally
examine sites submitted for consideration. 2/7/06
- Oregon.
The University of Oregon Libraries provide a
comprehensive resource on search tools including "deep"
searchers that tap the invisible web not reached by conventional search
engines. 3/20/06
- Palm
Harbor (FL) Library's search tools. 3/26/05
- PC Mechanic. If you run into
a problem with your computer, this is a great place to find the solution.
6/16/01
- Scout
Project.Excerpt from this Scout Project website: "Surf smarter,
not longer. Let the Internet Scout Project show you the way to the
best resources on the Internet -- then you can choose what's best
for you. Librarians and educators do the filtering for you, reading
hundreds of announcements each week looking for the online resources
most valuable to the education community. However, everyone is welcome
to use our services, and we encourage feedback and suggestions from
the entire Internet community." Free for individual consumers,
but you must register to get a password and ID. Check
out reviews of this special search site, all from .edu sources.
2/2/06
- Search Engine Watch.
News on capabilities and innovations in search engines. 5/15/05
- SearchFlorida. Especially
helpful in searching information relating to Florida such as recreational
facilties. 8/24/02
- Senior Search. Search
for information (travel, hobbies, health) of special interest to senior
citizens. 10/25/98
- Snap. I just discovered
this search engine. Considers in ranking sites how long viewers actually
stay at a site. 2/14/05
- Tech job
search from ZdNet. 8/11/01
- Virtual Salt.
World Wide Web Research Tools. More than 140 search engines, including
15 related to just graphics, including art museums. Includes Profusion
that claims to search the "invisible web" -- finds sites
not picked up by regular search engines, 4/14/2005
- Vivisimo. A Metasearch engine
that organizes Web page hits into folders (clusters). 7/7/01
- Webcrawler.
12/11/99
- Websearch
Guide. Devoted to strategies, resources to make you a master Internet
researcher. 3/18/05..
- Yahoo.
Breaks up searches into categories. A new feature recently added --
insert a subject, for example :"Entertainment". Then add
the local zip code where you want all the hits to relate to. In the
following example, I have inserted the zip code for Palm Harbor FL
34684. Now any entertainment hits coming up will be just those in
the 34684 area code. 3/23/05
- Yahoo
searches for the answers to your
questions. Just type in a question and Yahoo offers answers.1/6/07
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