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Google: our favorite search engine

Google Image Search: fast! 250 million images

Guide to effective searching: from Mata Hari

For Kids: guides and search services designed for kids

Filtered Search Engines: avoid "adult" sites

Internet Meta Search Engines: search multiple indexes at once

Internet Single Index and Specialty Engines: choose your weapon

Internet Subject Catalogs: browse sites grouped by subject

The RealName System: find a site by brand name, stock ticker symbol, domain name, sports team, radio station call letters

For Kids: guides and search services designed for kids

KidsClick!: web guide and search tool for kids by librarians

Filtered Search Engines: avoid "adult" sites

Searchopolis: the first filtered search engine, does a good job of filtering out "adult" sites; as with all filters, not 100% effective in filtering out what may be considered objectional and may skip desired sites

Meta Engines: search multiple indexes at once

ProFusion: from the University of Kansas, many consider this the most "intelligent" of the meta engines; home users should check out the free personalized results option
The Big Hub: the outstanding feature of this site is an excellent  list of search engines classified by subject; also performs mega searches for up to 9 engines
Dogpile: an unfortunate name for such a powerful tool; search up to 23 Web, Usenet & FTP search indexes with one command
MetaCrawler: search 9 indexes at once
SavvySearch: search 20+ indexes at once
MetaFinder ZDNet Virtual Labs: search 5 name engines simultaneously for e-mail addresses

Single Index Engines

Alta Vista: indexes web pages & text; includes Usenet newsgroups; images search is a key feature, select images from main menu, enter keywords and thumbnails linking to original site will be returned
ARThur: searches 300 Web sites containing 30,000 images and associated text
Google: fast and relevant; searches entire pages, not just titles
HotBot: indexes web pages & text; includes Usenet newsgroups
Infoseek: indexes web pages & text; also contains browsable subject index
USgovsearch: research government information from millions of government Web pages; free to public libraries from Northern Light

Subject Catalogs: directories organized by subject

 

Chester Library Info Links: short annotations of sites recommended by our own staff & library patrons; searchable; includes many "gateway sites"
eBLAST : Encyclopędia Britannica's Internet Guide: sites are annotated and rated; option to search only eBLAST or include Alta Vista; includes featured site of the day and week and "celebrity bookmarks," favorites of famous people
Yahoo: short annotations; notification of new entries; hint - use search to locate your category
Magellan: some annotations; all sites rated; searchable
Librarians' Index to the Internet: small & selective; high quality resources; searchable
The W3C Virtual Library: hundreds of subjects; kept current

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