Search the Web
SEARCH ENGINES & METASEARCHERS (reviewed by Search Engine Watch)
AllTheWeb
Powered by Yahoo, the focus is on web search, but news, picture, video, MP3 and FTP searches are also offered.
Ask.com
Uses the Teoma database to search for Websites, news, weather reports, pictures, stocks, people or products.
Dogpile
Popular metasearch site that sends a search to a customizable list of search engines, directories, and specialty search sites, then displays results from each search engine individually.
Google
Has a well-deserved reputation as the top choice for those searching the web. It provides both comprehensive coverage of the web along with great relevancy. It offers spell checking, easy access to dictionary definitions, images, street maps, telephone numbers and more. See Google's help page for an entire rundown on some of these features.
HotBot
Provides easy access to the web's three major crawler-based search engines: Yahoo, Google and Teoma. Unlike a metasearch engine, it cannot blend the results from all of these crawlers together. Nevertheless, it's a fast, easy way to get different web search "opinions" in one place.
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DIRECTORIES (Unlike Search Engines, Directories are compiled by real people, often librarians, and are very good starting points when looking for academic resources on the Internet).
Galaxy
“…Depth of coverage within defined subjects as well as the exclusion of sites that are offensive, incomplete or poorly maintained.” Edited by professional librarians.
Infomine
Built by librarians from the University of California, Wake Forest University, California State University, the University of Detroit - Mercy, and other universities and colleges.
Internet Public Library
Includes searchable subject collections, reference section, reading room, kids and teens spaces; maintained by University of Michigan’s School of Information.
Open Directory Project
“…the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web.“ Constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors; 5.2 million links as of 11/05.
Search Engine Colossus
International directory of Search Engines.
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EVALUATING & CITING ONLINE RESOURCES
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly; or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
APA Style Guide for Citing Electronic Resources
MLA Style Guide FAQ
Samples of APA Style (RCC approved)
Samples of MLA Style (RCC approved)
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