Kathy Jones, Library Media Specialist

GOOGLE

A good place to start your Internet search. Google is often highly rated by users.  It is one of the largest indexers of the Web.

 

YAHOO!

Entries are selected by people and arranged by subjects.  It is a good place to start a search.  

MSN Live Search

Offers the ability to view additional search results on the same web page and the ability to adjust the amount of information displayed for each search-result. It also allows the user to save searches and see them updated automatically on Live.com.

Ask.com

Provides useful current event information about topics before any commercial sites. Unlike Google, this site tells you when it is filtering information and gives you the choice to view filtered pages. You can also use Ask.com to search for images.

 

 

CLUSTY

Clusters search results into categories. Also searches news, blogs, Wikipedia (encyclopedia built by readers), and "gossip" (from sources like National Enquirer!).

 

Librarians' Internet Index  

Highest quality sites are compiled by public librarians. Good, reliable descriptions provided for sites.

 

 

MOOTER

Mooter allows users to view visuals of topic clusters and how they relate to one another.

Lycos

Lycos Search gives users access to Web Search, Image Search, Video Search, People Search, Local Search, Shopping Search and Classifieds Search all in one place, providing one of the most relevant search experiences available on the Internet today.  Lycos Search also includes Retriever, HotBot, and the Lycos Toolbar.

Metacrawler 

With one single click, MetaCrawler searches the best results from the combined pool of the world's leading search engines (including Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN Search, Ask Jeeves, and About) -- instead of results from only one single search engine.

Dogpile

Dogpile puts the power all the leading search engines together in one search box to deliver the best combined results. The process is more efficient and yields more relevant results.

FactBites

Factbites is a new approach to web searching - the results make sense! Factbites offers users meaningful, relevant sentences from every site in the search results.

 

 

 

 

Web Search

Information

 

 

· Search Engine

Computer does the work – more sites but less reliable.

 

· Clustering

Results are organized into subject categories - easier to view results.

 

· Directory

Sites are chosen by a person – fewer sites but more reliable.

 

· Meta-Search

Searches more than one search engine at a time so you can compare – produces the most results but can be overwhelming.