Web Search Strategies Directories of Search Engines

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Web Search Strategies
Where and How do I find it Directories or Search Engines Directories Maintained by humans General or Subject Related Yahoo General Elementary Educational Internet Projects http user icx net campbelld elementary projects Subject Related Library Spot http libraryspot com is a virtual library resource center for educators and students

Search Engines Maintained by computer program that searches the web and collects data More inclusive than directory Keyword searchable Before Before you search Identify concepts within your topic Identify terms related to those concepts Consider synonyms and variations of those terms Become familiar with search engines Size of the database Search features Result list features Online help screens Google http google com Size 1 060 000 000 URL s Simple and advanced searches Boolean and truncation Result ranked by relevancy Online instructions and user options Boolean Searching Science and Lesson Plans Returns pages with both terms Science or Lesson Plans Returns pages with either term Science not Lesson Plans Returns pages with one term but not the other Truncation Searching The ability to enter part of a word to make sure you retrieve documents that contain all parts of that word Example teach will yield teach teacher teaching Stated differently in different search engines



Broadens your search

Alta Vista http www altavista com Size 31 million URL s Simple and advanced searches Boolean and truncation Result ranked by relevancy Online instructions Excite http www excite com Size 50 million URL s Only Simple options at first screen Result ranked by relevancy Allows Boolean searches Lycos http www lycos com Allows searching for Sounds Pictures the Top 5 their opinion books and personal homepages Result ranked by 10 15 20 30 or 40 per page Provides Boolean searches 201 million average daily page views worldwide Infoseek http www infoseek com Size 50 million URL s Provides use of double quotations around words that must be searched together or capitalize to find a phrase Refines a search with a Search only these results option HotBot http www hotbot com More than 110 million Web documents Provides for keyword search by all the words any of the words exact phrase the person links to this URL and Boolean expression Refines advanced queries like Date which limits your search to last week last 2 weeks last month Parallel Parallel Web Search Engines Parallel Web Search Engines are search engines that do not maintain their own database but search other search engines to bring results Dogpile http www dogpile com Mamma http www mamma com Ask Jeeves http www askjeeves com Metacrawler http www metacrawler com All 4 One http www all4one com Special Search Tools

Noodle http www noodletools com noodlebib index html This tool provides assistance in correctly citing your source in research At the bottom of the screen click the type of source and provide requested information

Rhyme Zone http rhyme lycos com Type in a word to find its rhymes synonyms and more

Translators Translate Speech Alta Vista Translator http babelfish altavista com translate dyn Free Translation http www freetranslation com Foreign Languages for Travelers http www travlang com languages

Virus Information Search

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People Searches http 207 125 93 3 tutorials surf up html People Food Finder http www olen com food

Children s Search Engines Yahooligans http www yahooligans com Ask Jeeves for Kids http www ajkids com Kids Nook http www kidsnook com Kids Search Tools http www rcls org ksearch htm Awesome Library http www awesomelibrary org

Software Search Engines Filez http www filez com Cnet http cnet com cdoor 0 238 1017 00 html sn cn fd lftnav Downloads Softseek http www softseek com Shareware http www shareware com Lycos http richmedia lycos com

Images and Sounds Search Engines
Lycos Multimedia select pictures or sounds http richmedia lycos com Mamma Select images or audio on search page http www mamma com AltaVista Images http www altavista com r L10 AltaVista Audio http www altavista com r L11 Visit JCS Search Engines http 208 183 128 3 with links to an endless variety of search engines and online reference tools Teachers Search Engines http 208 183 128 3 search html Search Engines for Kids http 208 183 128 3 kidsearch html