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Search Tip
For better results searching the Web, try phrase-searching, using quotation marks around your terms. Almost all search engines will then search for the words entered adjacent to each other and exactly in the order submitted.
About Internet Search Engines
Search engines allow you to type in specific words and phrases to search for information on the Internet. Software robots survey the Web and automatically create listings for search engines. Most search engines have a subject directory that allows you to browse by topic in addition to typing in search terms.
Metasearch Engines
Metasearch engines, also called metacrawlers, search several search engines at once, and combine the results in a single page.
Subject Directories
Directories depend on human selection for their listings and organize their resources into
broad subject categories. Some subject directories also allow you to type in terms to look for matches in the sites selected by the
directory.
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Scholarly Search Engines
Google Scholar
Multidisciplinary search engine; includes Web pages and references to scholarly books and journal articles.
Intute
Search nearly 125,000 high-quality Web sites covering many topics geared toward research and academic purposes. Sites are chosen and evaluated by subject experts.
Scirus
Academic and research-level Web sites in the sciences, plus journal articles from the ScienceDirect database.
GPO Access
Web sites containing documents and information published by the U.S. federal government.
Voice of the Shuttle
Search engine for Web sites in the humanities, music, and the arts.
Google Books
Search millions of books in print. Many older, pre-copyright works are available as full-text PDFs.
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Popular Search Engines
Metasearch Engines
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Subject Directories
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Guides to Searching and Evaluating the Web
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