Web Sites

Search Engine Comparisons

Search Tools Chart is a feature comparison chart of individual search engines Google, AllTheWeb, Altavista, and Teoma; metasearch engines Ixquick, Vivisimo, and AskJeeves; and subject directories Librarians' Index to the Internet, Yahoo, Encyclopedia Britannica, Infomine, and Academic Info.

Search Engines Quick Guide is a detailed comparison chart of individual search engines Google, AllTheWeb, Altavista, and Teoma.

Search Engine Features Chart presents a short table of the principal characteristics of major search engines.

Search Engines by Search Features is a detailed listing of search engines by search features (e.g., defaults, Boolean, proximity, truncation, case sensitivity, field searching, limits, stop words, ranking criteria).

How to Choose is a table that allows you to choose a search engine based upon its fields and file types, search logic, search options, search results, and specialty searches.

Search the Internet is a single page which allows you to access some of the top search engines and subject directories. Fast search tips presented for each.

Web Search Engine Comparison Chart is a table presenting the salient features of major search engines. Some explanatory text provided.

Danny Sullivan's Search Engine Watch is an excellent site for keeping up to date with changes in search engines.

SearchIQ is a useful site for search engine information. Along with listings of engines, SearchIQ provides reviews, ratings, and tips on searching.

Online Web Search Tutorials

An Internet Tutorial for Teachers, prepared by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.

Base Bones 101, by Ellen Chamberlain, Head Librarian at the University of South Carolina Beaufort campus.

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial, by Joe Barker, Library, University of California, Berkeley.

How Can You Find Anything on the World Wide Web? By John Henderson, Ithaca College Library.

Lookoff is a tutorial covering engine strategies, tools, and reviews.

Pandia Goalgetter: A Short and Easy Internet Search Tutorial, by Per and Susanne Koch.

Searching the World Wide Web, by Jesse Moore of Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.

Tutorial: Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet, by BrightPlanet.com.

University at Albany Libraries Internet Tutorial, by Laura Cohen, Network Services Librarian.

Web Search Strategies, by Debbie Flanagan, Education Specialist and Professional Computer-Based Training Seminar Instructor.

Web Search Tutorial presenting 13 tips to help make web searching more effective, by Robert Skelton.

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