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2. Choose the Best Search Method for Your Information Needs

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4. Created by Joe Barker, Teaching Library, University of California, Berkeley May be reproduced for non- profit educational purposes "Boolean searching is named after George Boole, a British mathematician (1815-1864), who wrote about logical ways to formulate precise queries using true-false connectors or "operators" between concepts. The true-false nature of Boolean logic, as this system is commonly called, makes it compatible with binary logic used in digital computers. It has become the conventional basis for searching most computerized systems." Quoted from Joe Barker (jbarker@library.b erkeley.edu) from “Best Stuff on the Web” Copyright 2002 The Teaching Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

5. Created by Joe Barker, Teaching Library, University of California, Berkeley May be reproduced for non- profit educational purposes

6. Academic Reference and Research Index - tens of thousands of academic reference and research sites Academic Reference and Research Index AllTheWeb claims that you can "find it all" using their service. AllTheWeb AltaVista allows searches for documents in a specific language and provides a topical index. AltaVista AltaVista text only search is a simple text-only search engine which produces results quickly AltaVista text only search AOL Search is a search engine powered by Excite. AOL Search Ask Beaucoup - the ultimate source for free information Beaucoup BublLink: Catalogue of Internet Resources - [uses the Dewey Decimal System] selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas BublLink: Catalogue of Internet Resources Clusty - Like Vivisimo but with a "prettied-up" interface (same great results!) Uses “clustering” Clusty Cyber Dewey - a hotlist of internet sites organized according to the Dewey Decimal System Cyber Dewey Ditto - The premier visual search engine. If you are searching for an image, you will probably find it here. Ditto Dogpile searches by accessing several search engines. If you have been using the search engine MetaFind, you are now automatically routed to Dogpile. Dogpile Findelio - a global meta search engine with a WHOIS lookup listed with each search result (useful for checking authenticity of a site) Findelio A-Z Search Sites Adapted from source: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/search.htm

7. FindSounds.com is a search engine for finding sound effects on the Web. FindSounds.com FindSpot has links to several search engines FindSpot Giga Blast - powerful, new search engine that does real-time indexing Giga Blast Go - formerly known as Infoseek Go Google ranks the quality of sites based on the quality of sites that link to it. Google Google Custom Search Engine - Create your own search engine on specific topics and limit it to just the web sites you want students to use. Google Custom Search Engine Google Maps - This is a beta feature of Google right now, but they apparently have a huge database to pull from. Try this one. Google Maps Google Web Search Features - from the Google Help Center Google Web Search Features HotBot allows you to define the search, narrow the search by time (items posted within the last...), or by domain (.com,.net,.edu...). HotBot Internet Public Library - The mission of this site is to provide library services to the Internet community, to learn and teach what librarians have to contribute in a digital environment, to promote librarianship and the importance of libraries, and to share interesting ideas and techniques with other librarians. Internet Public Library ixQuick - a metasearch engine--promises security ixQuick A-Z Search Sites Adapted from source: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/search.htm

8. KartOO - a metasearch engine with visual display interfaces- nice web maps KartOO Librarians Internet Index - searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 6,200 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources. Librarians Internet Index Live Search - from Microsoft Live Search Mamma.com- The Mother of All Search Engines - When you enter a query at the Mamma.com web site, Mamma's powerful proprietary technology simultaneously queries 10 of the major Search Engines and properly formats the words and syntax for each source being probed. Mamma then creates a virtual database, organizes the results into a uniform format and presents them by relevance and source. Mamma.com MetaCrawler search for a word or a phrase MetaCrawler MetaEureka - a simple text based meta search engine MetaEureka Partners in Rhyme provides a huge database of sounds to search. Partners in Rhyme QueryServer - Ten general purpose Internet search engines are queried, and the results are combined and categorized according to the options you choose. QueryServer Safe Google - Google's SafeSearch screens for sites that contain innappropriate types of information for students and eliminates them from search results Safe Google Search.com posted by c|net and powered by Excite. Their topical index is in the form of a pull-down menu, or a listing of topics they call Specialty Searches. Search.com A-Z Search Sites Adapted from source: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/search.htm

9. Search Tools for Kids - Search engines designed for use by children accompanied by screened sites just for kids Search Tools for Kids Soople - makes many of Google's features easier to use Soople TekMom's favorite research tools on the Web TekMom's Thomas - (as in Thomas Jefferson) Legislative Information on the Internet "Acting under the directive of the leadership of the 104th Congress to make Federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public, a Library of Congress team brought the THOMAS World Wide Web system online in January 1995." - Thanks John! Thomas Visual Thesaurus - Really cool way to look up synonyms. It is just a trial version but you can look up a few words at a time without paying. Visual Thesaurus Vivisimo - a search engine which performs multi-querys and clusters the results into subdirectories Uses clustering. A cluster is a group of similar topics that are related to the original query. The clusters are presented to the user through the Desktop metaphor of Folders. The aim of this search engine technique is to organize numerous search results into several meaningful categories (clusters). Vivisimo Webcrawler has a clean new look. No ads, No Banners, No Pop-Ups. Great meta search engine. Webcrawler Wayback Machine - Browse through 55 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. Wayback Machine Yahoo features a topical index as well as a search function. The topical index provides pre-defined search results. Yahoo Zapmeta - good for image search. Zapmeta A-Z Search Sites Adapted from source: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/search.htm

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