Search the Web
Meta-Search Engines |
Topical & Speciality Search Engines
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Search Engines Tips and Comparisons
History of the Web & Internet |
Internet Service Providers |
Tutorials & Search Tips
It is especially important to evaluate web sources of information. It is very easy to make a website look credible - even listing fake doctors! Check out the examples at the EVALUATE link.
YOUR BEST SOURCES!
Click on any of the TOPIC SEARCH GUIDES appearing down the right side of the screen for relevant databases and websites.
Search the El Centro Library website:
Meta-Search Engines
- Google - Help
- Google Guide
- Google Scholar (Most articles are not full text. Articles that are may be older articles.)
- Yahoo! - Help
- AltaVista - Help
- AllTheWeb
- Teoma - Help
- Vivisimo
And Many More...
- Rollyo: Customize Your Search Engine
- Zuula
- Search Google, Exalead, MSN, and Gigablast simultaneously. Sorts results by jobs, images, news, blogs.
- SearchAbility
- Links to hundreds of search engines. Sorted by: topics, specialized search engines, regional search engines, and search engines for children. Includes descriptions and ratings for each.
- Soople: Search More of Google!
- Yahoo: Search Your Local Area
- Yahoo/OCLC Toolbar
- Displays links to books that can be obtained via Interlibrary loan. Full text of articles is not available for most articles.
- ZapMeta
- Exalead (includes a snapshot of the webpage. Can link to page or display it below search results)
- iTools: Search the Web
- Convenient search box for searching any of the following (one at a time): Google, Alta Vista, Yahoo, Excite, AOL, HotBot, Looksmart, Lycos, MSN, Netscape, Teoma, Wisenut, All the Web, Vivisimo Metasearch, Ask Jeeves, Direct Hit, Lycos, Oingo, Yahoo, Open Directory, About, LookSmart, MSN, NBCi, usenets, people search, address search, and business search.
- All Search Engines
- Links to popular general search engines and hundreds of specialized directories and search engines.
- Beaucoup
- Annotated topical listing of links to search engines, directories, encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Copernic: Multiple Searches
- Dogpile
- Searches About, AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AskJeeves, Deja, Direct Hit, Excite, FindWhat, Go/Infoseek, Goto, Google, LookSmart, Lycos, Metacrawler, NBC, NorthernLight, Raging Search, Sprinks, Web Crawler, and Yahoo.
- IncyWincy Invisible Web Search
- Also includes subject categories.
- IXQuick**
- Search results available in English, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, and Portuguese. Metasearch Alta Vista, AOL, Excite, Fast, GoTo, Hotbot, Infoseek, Live Directory, LookSmart, Lycos, MSN, Snap, Webcrawler, and Yahoo.
- Kartoo
- Metaeureka
- Searches Alta Vista, Fast, Google, Northern Light, and Yahoo.
- Needle in a CyberStack: Infofinder
- Topical listing of links to specialized search engines, directories, encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Pandia Search Central
- Metasearch AltaVista, Deja, Excite, Go, GoTo, Lycos, Snap, and WebCrawler, and Yahoo. Includes links to other search engines: EuroFerret, Euroseek, Fast, Google, Hotbot, iWon, Northern Light, Oingo, Raging, SearchUK, TopClick, and WebTop.
- Proteus Internet Search
- type in search once and select desired search engine: About, Alta Vista, Ask Jeeves, Biography, britannica, C4, Deja News, DirectHit, Dogpile, Encyclopedia, EuroSeek, Excite, Fast, Google, Healthfinder, HotBot, Inference, Infoseek, Lawcrawler, LII, Lycos, Magellon, Metacrawler, Northern Light, Oingo, Ole, Open Directory, Profusion, Savvy Search, Snap, Webcrawler, Yahoo (English and Spanish), Yahooligans. Includes links to specialized subject directories also.
- Search Engine Colossus: International Directory of Search Engines**
- Searches About, AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AskJeeves, Deja, Direct Hit, Excite, FindWhat, Go/Infoseek, Goto, Google, LookSmart, Lycos, Metacrawler, NBC, NorthernLight, Raging Search, Sprinks, Web Crawler, and Yahoo.
- SurfWax
- Searches Alta Vista, All the Web (Fast), Ditto, Excite, FindWhat, Google, Hot Bot, Infoseek, Northern Light, Open, SearchEdu, Webcrawler, and Yahoo.
- WiseNut Search Engine*
- Links to the top search engines.
Select Specialty Engines
- Download.com
- Search Edu
- Searches educational sites only.
- Specialized Search Engines
- Extensive listing of links to specialized search engines, directories, encyclopedias and dictionaries. Arranged by topic.
- Quepasa
- Search in English or Spanish for news headlines.
- Where to Do Research*
- About.com
- Academic Info
- BUBL
- Google Groups
- Search discussion group postings by keyword.
- Desk Reference: Sources for Quick Answers
- Search via a wealth of websites, arranged according to type of information you are looking for.
- Digital Librarian
- Homework Helper
- Langenberg
- Library in the Sky
- My Virtual Reference Desk
- Webliographies: Beyond General Web Searching
- Yahoo for Kids
Search Engine Tips and Comparisons
- Spiders Apprentice: a Helpful Guide to Search Engines
- Search Engine Size, Search Tips and Features Comparison
- Extreme Seacher's Guide to Searching and Search Engines
- Search Engine Watch
- Search Engine Showdown
- Floyd Ingram's List of Search Engines
- Annotated list of links to metasearch engines, general search engines and subject-specific search engines.
WWW & Internet
- Atlas of Cyberspaces
- Free Email Address Directory
- History of the Internet
- iTools: Internet Tools
- Domain name lookup, dns check, host check, link popularity check, HTML validator and HTML code cleanup.
- Living Internet: History of the Internet
Internet Service Providers
If you are interested in selecting an ISP, you may also want to check out the ISP articles from PC Magazine, Smart Computing, PC World, ZDNet, and CNet.
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
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Last Updated:
September 7, 2007