If you click on the Search button on the Netscape Navigator Navigation
bar. You go to Netscape's page of search engines. There are MANY search
engines. Many try to carve out a special niche. Some organize information
by topic (Directories), some by searching several search engines
at one time (Metasearch tools), and others which are single search
engines or search engines in very specific subject areas. NO Search
Engine is Best. Learn to use several for different purposes.
P. 101 - 103 in your text shows the popular search engines by category.
New Search Engines appear weekly.
Top
Rated Search Tools all on one page from Berkeley
Great Place to send kids - Filtered Searches For Kids at http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/searching.html
Ruth
MacKinnon's Search Engine Collection - all sorts of general and specialized
searches - try Canada Post, Canada411, Inference Find, Canadiana, Ask an
Expert Page, Gateway to Educational Materials, and Bartleby.
Ron MacKinnon's Basic
Reference Sheet contains information about Search Engines as well as
many other important reference sites.
*Search Engine
Showdown gives all sorts of statistics at http://www.notess.com/search/
Search Strategies
You must analyze your subject. Is it broad or specific? Are there definite keywords you can use in your search?
University
of California, Berkeley Library Five Step Search Strategy Guide
Seven Steps to Better Searching is an easy way to remember strategy - use with kids to teach them how to search - at http://edweb.sdsu.edu/WebQuest/searching/sevensteps.html
Search Tools Chart lists many engines and their rules at http://www.infopeople.org/src/chart.html
Often if you just type in words and do a search you end up with millions
of hits most site Most sites offer an advanced search such as Yahoo's advanced
search it will often help you narrow down the list. Each one of the
sights have a different syntax for their advanced searches.
The exact search string used in all searches
The name of each search engine above followed by the number of hits
resulting
Discuss: Which 2 search engines in your opinion resulted in the best
results considering the following criteria: