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Yahoo! Allows you to search the web by
subject. Also, visit the Yahoo web page to see their map search, people
finder, and other special searches. |
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Google Use Google to search the web
by keyword. Also, at the top of the Google home page you will see links to
search images, maps, blogs, and other special types of searches. |
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Metacrawler For the widest possible net search,
use a metasearch tool like Metacrawler. A metasearch tool searches many web indexes such as LiveSearch, Yahoo and
Google at the same time. See other metasearch tools here.
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Not satisfied with the quality of information you find by
other searches? The Librarians' Index to the Internet ( Lii ) is a
searchable, annotated subject directory of Internet resources
selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public
libraries. Lii does not cover every topic, but can point you to reliable sites
on the topics that it covers.
Your topic not covered? Try Beaucoup.
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Google can be set to search for websites in any of forty two languages, by
setting and saving your preferences. Click here to see the Google
Preferences page.
For a metasearch that includes sites in languages other than English,
try Ixquick.
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AltaVista indexes sites by keyword and covers 25
languages at present. It also features a translation
service. |
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Yahoo! en Espaņol includes a directory of web sites
in Spanish as well as extensive original content. Two other Spanish language
portals are Starmedia and Yupi. |
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Tutorial for beginners and intermediate
internet users
Tutorial for intermediate to advanced internet users
- Softlookup's
Internet Tutorial: this tutorial has sections on how to
search, e-mail, newsgroups, chatting, how to choose an internet service
provider for your home or business internet account, internet phone and
video, and more. This tutorial uses technical terms and assumes some
basic knowledge of the internet.
Beyond your basic Google: Tips for
intermediate and advanced internet users
Search syntax
for 14
major search engines and directories: Shows what commands you can use.
Suggested
search strategies from NoodleTools.
Gateways to the Hidden Web: Indexes of specialized search sites and
database content.
If you didn't find it on Google, that doesn't mean it's
not on the Web. General search engines like Google skim the surface of the
web. If you need to seek further, maybe you need another type of search
engine, one that specializes in your topic. Or maybe you need a list of
the best sites for your needs. For this, you start with sites such as
those below:
- Beaucoup
Tired of almost finding the information you want and then being asked for
money to get the facts? Beaucoup lists only "free information"
sites (except for the "Shopping" section.)
- Clusty
A search engine that sorts information by cluster to aid you in getting
on-topic results.
- CompletePlanet
Enter keywords to get a list of search tools that may reveal
"hidden web" information on your topic.
- Digital
Librarian An
outstanding list of useful sites and search tools, organized by subject.
- GeniusFind
A great list of specialized search engines and sites, organized by topic.
- Infomine
A special search engine for scholarly information and topics, maintained by UC
Riverside.
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