Recommended Search Tools
Individual Search Engines and Portals
Search Engine Smarts
What People Search For
Search Engine Facts
Search Tips
- Boolean Logic: AND, OR and NOT.
- Wildcards / Truncation: *!
- Field Searching: Search by web site title, URL and more.
- Search Limits: Limit your results by language, etc.
- Shortcuts and Prefixes: Find the answers you want more quickly.
To Learn More...
- Search Engine Resources: Books, articles, web sites about search engines.
- GoogleGuide - read through this site for tips to save you time and find exactly what you need
MetaCrawlers and Multi-Search Engines
- Clusty.com
- Dogpile
- Jux2
- Ixquick
- Kartoo
- Mamma
- Metacrawler
- Mooter
- Myriad Search
- PolyCola - (was gahooyoogle) search both of the largest engines at once!
- Oamos - audio-visual fun
Search Engine Metasites
Allows you to choose to search a variety of engines from one screen.
- Proteus Internet Search
- Search Engine Colossus - International Directory of Search Engines
- SurfWax - allows you to click Focus to get broader or narrowed keywords
Invisible Web or Deep Web
- Search your library databases
- Complete Planet - Discover 70,000+ searchable databases and specialty search engines.
Evaluated Subject Directories
- About.com
- BUBL Link
- Digital Librarian
- INFOMINE
- Internet Public Library
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
A Sampling of Specialty Search Engines
- Biography: Biography.com
- Blog Search Engine: Blog Search Engine | Blog Pulse
- Books: OpenSearch (Amazon's Search Inside) | Google Book Search | Compare Book Search Sites
- Business: Business.com | Phone, Address and Zip Code Lookup
- Children's: Yahooligans | KidsClick | Ask for Kids
- Computers: CNET Download.com | TuCows
- Encyclopedias: Wikipedia | Encyclopedia Britannica (WPI subscription)
- Entertainment: All Music Guide | Internet Movie Database | Metacritic | Music Finder
- Government: FirstGov | Fedstats
- Health: PubMed Central | WebMD
- Internet Archive: Internet Archive Wayback Machine
- Law: FindLaw | LLRX | Lawyer Directory from LexisNexis | Attorneys in the Martindale Directory
- Multimedia: Blinkx | Creative Commons | Google Image Search | AOL Video Search | Yahoo Video | Google Video
- News: Topix | Internet Public Library News | Google News
- NewsGroups: Google Groups
- Food: Epicurious Recipe Collection | TV Food Network | Food411
- Science & Engineering: Acronym Finder | iCivil Engineer | eFunda | EEVL | GlobalSpec | ISI Highly Cited Researchers | Scirus | TechXtra
- Shopping: Froogle | Google Catalog Search | mySimon | Shopping.com | Become.com
- Travel: Kayak.com | Lonely Planet | Travelocity
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