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Wordy, nerdy overviews

• Search Engine Showdown by Gus Venditto. See the results of tests conducted in May, 1996, by Internet World Magazine - Live Pages. (Vol.7 No.5 1996 Mecklermedia Corporation.)
  
• Search Insider is an online magazine providing tips, news, reviews, and other resources related to searching the Web.
  
• The Search is Over is an article by Adam Page that appeared in PC Computing Online.
  
• The Internet and Library Research: FAQ is written for the UC Berkeley Library but can be applied to most academic, research settings.

Search Engines: defining and deciding which one to use

• Choose the best engine for your purpose by Debbie Abilock. This page will help you decide based on the type of information you are seeking and includes a chart.
  
• Searching the Internet is part of the Scout Toolkit. This website provides a breakdown of the various types of search engines and appropriate examples. The top page has links to meta-pages arranged by discipline, a monthly column of interest to network services end users, quick-reference guides to searching the Internet, and links to webtools (browsers, plug-ins, and authoring tools) and links to Internet webzines.
  
• A Consumer's Guide to Search Engines contains a variety of links to articles that will help demystify the search process and search tools.

Lotsa Search Engines

• Search Engines nearly 600 by Beaucoup! includes a truly incredible variety including indices, subject guides, and specialized directories. Entries include: General, Multiple/Meta , Reviewed/What's New?, Media, GeographicallySpecific, Software, Ref./Lang./Lit., Education/Schools, Music, Arts/Graphics, Science/Technology, Email/Domains/People, Internet/WWW, Computer/Programming, Politics/Government, Health/Foods/Medicine, Hobbies/Rec/Pets/Games, Potpourri, Employment, Business/Malls/Classified, and All-On-One Page Searches.
  
• Needle in a CyberStack - the InfoFinder contains numerous links to search engines. Arranged in alphabetic order, includes MultiSearch (meta-search), regular search engines, Directories and Guides
  
• Yahoo's Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web. Provides access to All-in-One Search Pages (127), Comparisons, How-to's, Search Engines (132), Web Directories (194), and Indices to Web Documents (614)

Recommended

• Librarians' Index to the Internet by Carole Leita. This well-maintained and stable site represents one of the best indices to be found.
  
• Blue Web'n contains hundreds of links evalutation and indexed by audience, California State Frameworks, Dewey Decimal, and type of application. Designed by the Pacific Bell Education First Application Design Team at San Diego State University.

Tips

• Search Tips from Search Insider.
  
• Windweaver's Search Guide provides some basic hints then helps you select a search engine.
  
• Basic Search Techniques from the Tech Tip of the Week by Chris Jones is part of a larger collection of "more tech tips" at Beatrice's Web Guide.
  
• Hints & Tips for Searching the Internet from Classroom Connect.

Activities/Tutorials

• Index and Search Services is part of the InterNIC 15 Minute Series. Each of the training modules has been developed with a specific question in mind on the subject of finding information on the Internet.
  
• Internet Roadmap Syllabus of lessons by Patrick Crispen. The Roadmap contains many internet tutorials although there is not anything indepth on searching, it provides a great deal of depth and background on what the internet is.
  
• BCK2SKOL Lessons contains a broad range of tutorials including searching by specific subject areas such as Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences and other areas.
  
• Finding Information on the Internet a tutorial from UC Berkeley Library. Includes tutorials on specific engines, as well as locating listservs, webliographies, subject guides, encyclopedias, people and more.
  
• Camp GetchaontheWeb will provide a short series of activities to help you develop your search skills. Designed by the Pacific Bell Education First Application Design Team at San Diego State University.

Becoming an Expert

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