Internet Quick Reference Shelf: Searching the Web

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Internet Quick Reference Shelf: Searching the Web
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Google - best general search engine, a big database, advanced ranking of search results, "AND" as default; display of cached pages; PDF files; multilingual and many more features; special searches include: University Search, US government search, and Image Search. Also try ILOR

Google Image Search - Over 400 million images from the Internet. Similar sites include: All the Web Image Search, AltaVista Image Search

Librarians' Index to the Internet - searchable, annotated, subject directory of internet resources chosen for their usefulness to the library user's information needs. A mixture of academic and popular subjects, with excellent annotations.

Directories and Subject Guides
large, systematic collections of web sites

General Search Engines
huge, automatic collections of web sites

Meta Search Engines
search many search sites simultaneously

New Resources
alerts, announcements, newsletters, etc

Portal Sites
gateway to popular content, services

Search Engine Information
search engine news, guides, research

Searching for Images
pictures, photos, art works, and multimedia

Special Search Engines
search sites for a subject or category

New Development
news, new products, trends

Other Collections
major collections of search engines

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