- HOW TO CHOOSE AND USE SEARCH ENGINES
- Good, general and brief advice
- SEARCH HELPER
- Search tips and helps for Net "newbies"
- SEARCH ENGINES AND SEARCH STRATEGIES
- Advice with all the major search links on one page
- INTRODUCTION TO SEARCH ENGINES
- Links to reviews, the engines themselves, and brief comparisons, from the Kansas City Public Library--A Great Site!
- GOOGLE
- The most flexible and prolific according to most ratings.
- YAHOO!
- Most popular and good to include
- ALTA VISTA
- One of fastest and most comprehensive engines, linked to Yahoo!
- NORTHERN LIGHT
- Probably the fastest and widest ranging
- LYCOS
- Quite comprehensive, begun at Carnegie Mellon University
- MAGELLAN
- Great for broad searches, narrowing topic down
- WEB CRAWLER
- Easy to use--detailed education listings
- EXCITE
- Fast and comprehensive
- INFOSEEK
- Has extremely large database and new "ESP" advanced search tools
- HOTBOT
- Can index and search every word on the Web! Complex searches are enabled.
- SEARCH ENGINES SUCK
- What the drawbacks are and how to bypass them
- DOGPILE
- Cute, easy, and VERY productive in simultaneously searching over 20 engines!
- METAFIND
- Fast and comprehensive multiple engine searches
- SAVVY SEARCH
- The original multi-engine searcher, also can blend results
- KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURE ENCYCLOPEDIA
- Topical Search resource for K-9--great Homework Helper, too!
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