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SEARCH BY TOPIC |
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Academic references |
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Business, investment, jobs |
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Computers, Internet |
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Education: teacher, student resources |
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Entertainment, transportation, travel |
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Government, law, official documents, statistics |
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Health, fitness,
nutrition, weight, safety |
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Interests: hobbies, lifestyles, social issues |
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Language tools |
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Locating people, organizations, places |
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Shopping: other |
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SEARCH OTHER THAN BY TOPIC |
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Country, language, audience, Internet application |
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File format |
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Search tool abilities |
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Search tools:
Many of the search tool abilities described
here are also discussed in our book, Effective Internet Search.
Check out our website at
www.SearchHelpCenter.com |
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Tools that can access the deep web, and/or parallel process
several sources
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Meta
and all-in-one search tools
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| Information Source |
Description |
Web Address |
| Search tools
having controllable search sets |
| Copernic |
Application that runs on your PC |
www.copernic.com |
| CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) |
Scientific searching, including CAS SciFinder |
www.cas.org |
| STN On The Web |
stnweb.cas.org |
| EZ2WWW |
Global metasearch |
www.ez2www.com |
| Mamma |
The mother of all search engines |
www.mamma.com |
| Profusion |
Targeted searches by drilling into one of vertical search groups
provided |
Link no longer active, but you can still consider the listed search tools. |
| Scirus |
Science searching |
www.scirus.com |
| Search.com |
CNet Networks search engine |
www.search.com |
| Surfwax |
Professional search tools, e.g., law, education, etc. |
www.surfwax.com |
| Turbo10 |
Searches the deep web |
turbo10.com |
| Vivisimo - Clusty Search |
Document clustering |
clusty.com/search?query=&tb=vivisimo |
| ZapMeta |
Advanced web search, subject directory and shopping |
zapmeta.com/search/
meta/advanced/adv_web.pl |
| Tools that have search branches,
perhaps very sophisticated drill-down directories or categories, but
without user-controllable search sets or with very simplistic search
sets |
| 37.com |
Searches up to 37 search engines |
37.com |
| Apple Sherlock |
Custom information in content-specific windows |
www.apple.com
/macosx/jaguar/
sherlock.html |
| BotBot |
Subject directory |
www.botbot.com |
| Gimpsy |
Directory of sites where you can accomplish tasks |
www.gimpsy.com/gimpsy
/searcher/examples.php |
| InfoGrid |
Master Internet index |
www.infogrid.com |
| Ithaki |
Canadian meta search engine |
www.ithaki.net |
| SearchBug.com |
Most useful and possible searches; also subject directory |
www.searchbug.com |
| Strategic Finder |
Query many search engines simultaneously |
www.strategicfinder.
com |
| Simple meta search/deep web
search tools, i.e., one that have no or few branches for different
kinds of topic or other specialization |
| Dogpile |
Uses Vivisimo (see below in this list) clustering technology to
dynamically organize findings into topic categories |
www.dogpile.com |
| Fazzle |
Canadian meta search engine |
www.fazzle.com |
| Infonetware RealTerm Search |
Sorts search results by topic |
www.infonetware.com |
| Ixquick |
Meta searches done in many languages |
www.ixquick.com |
| Kartoo |
Meta search engine with visual display interfaces |
www.kartoo.com |
| Megaspider.com |
Multiple subject directories |
search.megaspider.
com |
| MegaWeb |
Multiple subject directories |
www.megaweb.com |
| MetaSpider |
Multiple subject directories |
www.metaspider.com |
| Myriad Search |
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www.myriadsearch.com |
| QueryServer |
Clusters search results |
www.queryserver.
com/web.htm |
| Turbo10 |
Searches the deep web |
turbo10.com |
| Webcrawler |
Searches major search engines |
www.webcrawler.com |
| All-in-one
search sites |
| Freeality.com |
Submit searches to many sites |
www.freeality.com |
| iTools |
Numerous tools for search, language, research, finance, etc. |
www.itools.com |
| Langenberg.com |
Submit searches to many sites |
www.langenberg.com |
| Queryster |
Allows switching between different search engines,
carrying same simple search terms from one to another |
www.queryster.com |
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Individual
directories & other search tools
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SearchEngine
Watch.com |
Directory of all-in-one search tools |
www.searchengine
watch.com/links/
article.php/2156071 |
| High-level search guides |
| Big Search Engine Index |
Search tool guide, "meta engines" branch |
www.search-engine-index.co.uk/Web_Search
/Meta_Search_Engines |
| Search engine discussion and commentary
sites |
About Web Search |
websearch.about.
com/?once=true& |
| About.com - Article on top places to search the invisible web |
websearch.about.com
/cs/invisibleweb
/tp/invisweb.htm |
| Best Practices Search Engine Forums |
www.ihelpyouservices.
com/forums/index.php?
s=416088670d42ff1b7f84
0dc2365c1981 |
| SearchEngineWatch.com |
www.searchengine
watch.com |
| SearchEngineWatch.com's list of search engine guides |
www.searchengine
watch.com/links/
article.php/2156161 |
| Guides to search engines |
AllSearchEngines.com |
www.allsearchengines.com |
| American Library Association toolkit for the expert web searcher |
www.lita.org/committe
/toptech/toolkit.htm
#engines |
| Binghamton University Libraries search engine and directories
overview |
library.lib.binghamton.
edu/search |
| CUI (Centre Universitaire d'Informatique: Université de Genève) |
cui.unige.ch/meta-
index.html |
| Indicateur.com |
www.indicateur.com |
| Noodletools.com - Debbie Abilock's guides - Choose the best search
for your information need |
www.noodletools.com
/debbie/literacies/
information/5locate/
adviceengine.html |
| Noodletools.com - Debbie Abilock's guides - Deep web search tool
recommendations |
www.noodletools.
com/debbie/literacies
/information/5locate/
advicedepth.html |
| Search Engine Colossus: International Directory of Search Engines |
www.searchengine
colossus.com |
| SearchEngineGuide.com |
www.searchengine
guide.com/search
engines.html |
| SearchEngineWatch.com - links to lists of various kinds of search
engines and tools |
www.searchengine
watch.com/links |
| SearchEngineWatch.com's list of deep web and database search
engines |
www.searchengine
watch.com/links/
article.php/2156181 |
| Search Engine Yearbook |
www.searchengine
yearbook.com |
| University at Albany Library search engine overview |
library.albany.edu/
internet/engines.html |
| University of Oregon Libraries search engine overview |
libweb.uoregon.edu/
guides/searchweb |
| Yahoo Directory - Searching the Web |
dir.yahoo.com/Computers
_and_Internet/Internet/
World_Wide_Web/
Searching_the_Web |
Tools that access blogs and real-time RSS feeds
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Meta
and all-in-one search tools
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| Information Source |
Description |
Web Address |
| Clusty Blog Search |
Provides a meta search tool that sources the main blog search
engines |
blogs.clusty.com |
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Individual
directories & other search tools
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| BlogDigger |
Finds bloggers in your location |
www.blogdigger.com |
| Bloglines |
Provides a: "... service for searching, subscribing, publishing
and sharing news feeds, blogs, and rich Web content" |
www.bloglines.com |
| BlogPulse |
To quote: "applies machine-learning and natural-language
processing techniques to discover trends in the highly dynamic world
of blogs. ... brought to you by
Intelliseek." |
www.blogpulse.com |
| Blogstreet |
Searches for blogs based on blog profiles entered by you |
www.blogstreet.com |
| DayPop |
Searches blogs |
www.daypop.com |
| Feedster.com |
Searches blogs |
www.feedster.com |
| Google |
"... scans content
posted to blogs and feeds in virtually real-time." |
google.com/
blogsearch |
| PubSub |
Provides alerts in real-time of data from blogs and RSS feeds |
www.pubsub.com |
| Technorati |
Provides a way of searching the "real-time" Web (blogs, in
particular), based on "tags." To quote: "Think of a tag as a
category or subject. People are tagging their posts, photos, and
more." |
www.technorati.com |
| Weblogs Compendium |
Finds: "... everything you need to know about weblogs/blogs:
hosting services, tools, directories, definitions, RSS readers and
resources..." |
www.lights.com
/weblogs |
| Yahoo |
Provides filtering based on a file being in the RSS/XML format. |
search.yahoo.com/
web/advanced |
Tools that use advanced search filters
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Meta
and all-in-one search tools
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| Information Source |
Description |
Web Address |
| Copernic |
Uses most of its complex filters once the findings have been
retrieved, by searching within results |
www.copernic.com |
| CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) |
Scientific searching, including CAS SciFinder |
www.cas.org |
| STN On The Web |
stnweb.cas.org |
| Dogpile |
Searches major search engines |
www.dogpile.com |
| Hotbot |
Searches just one catalog at a time; conducts advanced searches of
major webcrawler-based document file catalogs using complex sets of
filters with same look and feel regardless of catalog; able to
filter findings at the highest common denominator of the different
catalogs |
www.hotbot.com |
| Ixquick |
Mentioned here since it provides a few good hits quickly; filters
include phrases, Boolean operators, wildcards, and letter case
(capitals); selects findings by using major engines' top ten
results, including about 10% sponsored listings |
ixquick.com |
| Profusion |
Targeted searches by drilling into one of vertical search groups
provided |
Link no longer active, but you can still consider the listed search tools. |
| Scirus |
Science searching with many predefined metadata fields in advanced
search |
www.scirus.com |
| Vivisimo's Clusty |
Clustering search engine |
clusty.com |
| Webcrawler |
Searches major search engines |
www.webcrawler.com |
| ZapMeta |
Advanced web search, subject directory and shopping |
zapmeta.com/search/
meta/advanced/adv_web.pl |
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Individual
directories & other search tools
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| Any of the major search engines |
Such as Google, Yahoo, MSN Search, AlltheWeb, and others listed at
SearchEngineWatch.com |
www.searchengine
watch.com/links/
article.php/2156221 |
| Tools that can include
often-ignored words in a phrase (e.g., "Vitamin A," or
"to be or not to be," or articles of speech, such as
"a, to, not, he") |
| Google |
By using the plus sign in front of the term |
www.google.com |
| AltaVista |
By enclosing the term in quotes as a phrase |
www.altavista.com |
Tools that refine your search: provide hints or suggestions,
dynamically cluster results into meaningful topic categories
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Meta
and all-in-one search tools
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| Information Source |
Description |
Web Address |
| Dogpile |
Uses Vivisimo (see below in this list) clustering technology to
dynamically organize findings into topic categories |
www.dogpile.com |
| InfonetwareRealTerm Search |
Sorts search results by topic |
www.infonetware.com |
| Scirus |
Science searching; provides related categories on findings page |
www.scirus.com |
| Strategic Finder |
Clusters results into dynamically generated topic categories |
www.strategicfinder.com |
| Surfwax |
Allows you to select "Focus" terms (click top left) for broader,
narrower, or synonymous terms |
www.surfwax.com |
| Vivisimo's Clusty |
Meta search engine, automatic clustering. No paid listings.
Technology leased for use in Dogpile and Webcrawler (both owned by
InfoSpace) |
clusty.com |
| WebBrain |
Furnishes a visual view of related topics |
www.webbrain.
com/html/default
_win.html |
| Webcrawler |
Similar to Dogpile above in this list |
www.webcrawler.com |
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Individual
directories & other search tools
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| Tools that allow you to choose
related to either broaden or narrow your search |
| AltaVista |
Shows related terms that others have used in similar searches;
also AltaVista Prisma on simple Web search allows you to select
related terms to continue your search |
www.altavista.com |
| Google |
Allows similarity search on synonymous terms, using the tilde (~)
operator in front of a word; also shows related terms or directory
categories with the search findings |
www.google.com |
| MSN Search |
On the results page, the simple Web search shows categories for
broadening your search (at the bottom of the page), as well as terms
for narrowing the focus (at the top of the page) |
search.msn.com |
| Teoma |
Provides expert hubs of links, similar in appearance to
AltaVista's Prisma and to Wisenut |
www.teoma.com |
| WiseNut |
Generates categories that are semantically related to the words in
your query, similar in appearance to AltaVista's Prisma and to Teoma |
www.wisenut.com |
Tools that post-process your findings
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Meta
and all-in-one search tools
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| Information Source |
Description |
Web Address |
| Copernic |
Sophisticated search within results, grouping and sorting
findings, document summarization, search history, search follow-up
including tracking and sharing of findings, etc. |
www.copernic.com |
| Surfwax |
Search within results, sorting findings, document summarization,
search history, sharing of findings, etc. |
www.surfwax.com |
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Experts are
often found in associations. For directories of associations, refer
to