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Search Engines and Subject Directories

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Search engines use computer guided programs that search the contents of Web pages and index them. Metasearch engines query multiple search engines' databases simultaneously. The reference librarian acts as your human service engine. Subject directories contain human-compiled Internet sources that are arranged and classified in hierachial topics. Listed below are links to some of the frequently used search engines, metasearch engines, and subject directories.


Search Engines

AllTheWeb Gigablast
Ask.com Google
Exalead Live Search

 

Metasearch Engines

Clusty Ixquick
DogPile MetaCrawler

 

Subject Directories

About.com Open Directory
GoGuides.Org Yahoo

 

Click Searching the Web from the Library Tutorial for helpful hints.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
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