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Try several search engines to see the differences between
them. You'll soon find some favorite search engines that you
will use most often. However, don't forget that each search engine
will come up with different results, so be sure to know a little
about several search engines and directories. A collection of
search engines organized by category at Search
Engine Watch lists choices in various categories (major search
engines, metacrawlers, specialty search engines, kids search
engines, etc.
- IMSA
Search Engine- excellent tool for student researchers to
locate information
- Yahoo
- Google
- HotBot
- Excite
- Jump City
best of the Web keyword-searchable and listable in a variety
of ways.
- Lycos Easy
to use, especially when refining searches, allows selecting pictures,
sounds, etc.
- Reference.com- Advanced
search capabilities of archive of publicly-accessible mailing
lists, news-groups, etc.
- Snap
Other Scholarly Sites-
- Databases available for the school district. See the librarian
for authorization and password before using these resources located
at Online Books using
Online Card Catalog.
Metasearch Engines
Subject Directories
Arts and Art History
Sites with Information on Search Engines
- Search Engine
Watch Tutorials - good site to learn all about search search
engines.
- Boolean
Search strategies
Overview
of Searching the Web with Search Engines, Subject Indexes,
directories, meta-search tools.
- How
to Critically Evaluate Web Information
- Quoting,
Paraphrasing, and Summarizing- Online Writing Lab
Plagiarism
Self Test and
Plagiarism
Review
Copyright
self test and Copyright
Review
- Citation
Wizard or Citation
Maker or Citation Machine
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