The Search Page

Point your mouse in the direction of one of these search engines to find information on your topic. Different engines have different strengths. Over time these search engines are evolving. Many of the older search engines have expanded into web directories or web portals, often having a more streamlined search page at a different URL. The Altavista link below is now more of a web portal to many different services. I find that its "sub" page, Ragingsearch.com, is a faster, more effective search engine than its mother page.
Most search engines require you to identify the two or more words you are searching with a "+" or "( )" or an "and". If you know the exact phrase, you will get more direct hits by enclosing a phrase in quotation marks. You need to check the on-line documentation at each site. Check Boolean Logic page below for more information on Boolean searching.

Pointers to Tools for Searching the Internet and World Wide Web

Alta Vista Search Engine A powerful, easy to use search engine that accesses the largest number of sites for searches. If you type more than word into the search form, the search is automatically of the "OR" type. See the Advanced Query page to search for two or more terms together using AND.

Raging. The daughter search engine of AltaVista: fast, no-nonsense, effective!

Excite Search Another powerful search tool.

Magellan Internet Guide. A no-frills search engine from Excite.

Deja News. This site permits you to search News Groups for information!
WebCrawler This engine is very easy to use. To see HOW to do searches with this engine, click on the "help" button; you will get sample searches.
Infoseek Search. At go.com, Infoseek searches the web, images, and audio/visual.
Lycos Like a spider on a web, this giant engine can search an enormous number of databases for you. You DO need to follow a certain protocol to search for more than one term.

FAST . All the Web. All the Time: another no-nonsense search engine.

W3 Search
CUSI Actually, a multiple groups of searchers on one page by NEXOR. Not much help on "how to."
LookSmart. This site touts itself as a "web directory" with searches in different categories and links to non-search pages.
Google! Simply type Google into Netscape and this search engine will come up.
SNAP. Netscape's Net Search Page.
Dogpile. One of the Meta Searchers that accesses info from more than one engine.
Inference Find. A popular 6-engine meta searcher.
MetaCrawler. One of the original multiple search engines.

It has a POWERsearch that is one of the search-only no-frills pages now popular among search engines. The power-page permits you to select what engines you want searching for you.

IntelliSeek ProFusion. A 9-engine meta search page.
All-in-One Search Page. The go.com page searches over 500 databases, search and meta engines, indices, and web directories.
Northern Light . Northern Light allows one to search all its available sources, including articles, the WWW, or "special collections." You may also customize your searches.

Northern Light Power Search .

The Invisible Web: a search engine that searches in the "dark," not-usually-searched regions of the web: the invisible web!
Hastings Law Library. A 9-engine search page off the main library page.
37.com . This search pages links to 37 search engines.
Search Engines Engine. This page contains links to some 100 search engines and gives a relative ranking of engines in which you are interested.
From A-to-Z Searching. This page provides general, meta, and specialty searches. It also has links to shopping sites.
The University of California Hastings Law Library . A 9-engine search page, not limited to law.

    Free Pint Bar A British site that contains current information on web search issues. It also maintains an archive where web search topics are available for download--from wedding preparation to chemical engineering searches.
    Pedro's Biolmolecules Research Tools. Search tools specifically for Biotechnology topics!
    Gopher Index gopher://probe.nalusda.gov:7020/77/agricola/agidx This search device is for ag Gophers!!

Information on HOW to Use and Evaluate Search Engines.

Searching the Ne t This page was developed by Oregon school librarians to help students with their internet searching, written for high school students. It is housed on Janet Murray's pages.

Boolean Logic . A page with easy-to-understand information on Boolean searches.

Web Evaluation Page for Science Students . A 1999 page written for students to evaluate web pages for their use in science reports.
InfoZone . Assiniboine South School Division has put together web research resources for students, including a web evaluation checklist.
FermiLabs Education FIND tutorial. This tutorial on searching and evaluating web information are geared more toward adults.
Art Wolinsky's CyberU Searchatorium A page initially developed by a teacher in New Jersey for students.
A Printable Online Guide A printable on-line guide to k-12 resources (Terry Brainerd Chadwick).
Terry Brainerd Chadwick's Internet Research Guide. A top-notch guide for students doing research on the internet. Printable.
Search Engines 101. A site that focuses on how to use search engines. It also provides leads on marketing your own web site.
Evaluating Web Resources. A Widener University Wolfram Memorial Library page by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate on how to evaluate the information you find on web pages.
Choose the Best Search . A NoodleQuest search STRATEGY wizard from Nueva School, geared toward students.

Search Tools in Oregon

UNIX Search Tools

Yahoo's Veronica List Veronica sites for doing searches for a word or words in titles. A site that gives directions is given. Boolean logic (aaahhhhhh!!!)
Yahoo's Archie List Archie is used to locate FILES..so you must know the NAME of the file you are searching for. THEN you can use FTP to "get" it. Direction site listed.

Roadmap Site

Roadmap LinkA link to Patrick Crispens set of OUTSTANDING lessons on how to use internet tools from email to irc!

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r. hemphill, updated 5/2001