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1 Search Engines Yahoo- http://www.yahoo.com Yahoo- http://www.yahoo.comhttp://www.yahoo.com MSN Search- http://search.msn.com MSN Search- http://search.msn.comhttp://search.msn.com Alta Vista- http://www.altavista.com Alta Vista- http://www.altavista.comhttp://www.altavista.com Lycos- http://www.lycos.com/ Lycos- http://www.lycos.com/http://www.lycos.com/ Excite- http://www.excite.com/ Excite- http://www.excite.com/http://www.excite.com/

2 Meta Search engines Meta Search or Multi-threaded search engines actually search the search engines for hits… Meta Search or Multi-threaded search engines actually search the search engines for hits… –Profusion- http://www.profusion.com http://www.profusion.com –Metacrawler- http://www.metacrawler.com http://www.metacrawler.com –Metor- http://www.metor.com http://www.metor.com –Dogpile- http://www.dogpile.com http://www.dogpile.com –Google- http://www.google.com http://www.google.com

3 Direct Search Engines Similar to Meta Searches but tend to offer alternative links to inforamtion Similar to Meta Searches but tend to offer alternative links to inforamtion –Direct Search- http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm –Infomine- http://infomine.ucr.edu http://infomine.ucr.edu

4 Specialty Search Engines Catalogs of Catalogs Catalogs of Catalogs –The Search Engine Guide- http://www.searchengineguide.com http://www.searchengineguide.com –Lycos Searchable Database- http://dir.lycos.com/reference/searchable_databases http://dir.lycos.com/reference/searchable_databases –SearchAbility’s A-Z- http://searchability.com/atoz.htm

5 Other Searches Addresses/Emails: Addresses/Emails: –Infospace- http://www.infospace.com/ http://www.infospace.com/ –Bigfoot- http://www.bigfoot.com/ http://www.bigfoot.com/ –WorldPages- http://search.worldpages.com/ http://search.worldpages.com/ –MSN Yellowpages- http://yellowpages.msn.com/ http://yellowpages.msn.com/ Maps Maps –Expedia- http://www.expedia.com http://www.expedia.com –Mapquest- http://www.mapquest.com http://www.mapquest.com –MapBlast- http://mapblast.com http://mapblast.com

6 Other Searches Dictionaries/Encyclopedias- Dictionaries/Encyclopedias- –Dictionary.com- http://www.dictionary.com/ http://www.dictionary.com/ –Merriam-Webster- http://www.Merriam-Webster.com/ http://www.Merriam-Webster.com/http://www.Merriam-Webster.com/ –Thesaurus.com- http://www.thesaurus.com/ http://www.thesaurus.com/ –Encarta- http://encarta.msn.com/ http://encarta.msn.com/ Pictures- Pictures- –Corbis- http://www.corbis.com/ http://www.corbis.com/

7 Boolean Searches Purebred Dogs- Will yield hits for all pages containing: Purebred Dogs- Will yield hits for all pages containing: –“purebred” –“Dogs” –“purebred dogs” Entering “Purebred Dogs” will yield hits for ONLY those pages containing that specific phrase! Entering “Purebred Dogs” will yield hits for ONLY those pages containing that specific phrase! Use “AND” & “Or”- “Purebred Dogs” AND “Barking” Use “AND” & “Or”- “Purebred Dogs” AND “Barking”