Subject and Keyword Searching on the World Wide Web
Finding the right information online can be tedious and time-consuming.
Learn how to be a better online searcher by investigating some of
the sites below. Librarians recommend that you experiment with different
engines, get familiar with some advanced search features, and read
the documentation on how a particular system searches. Librarians
are always available for advice at the Reference desk, or online!
For a listing and brief description of the major search engines,
follow
this link. [Thanks to Pace University]
- Google.com
- an easy, and quick way to find the most relevant sites.
- AltaVista
- one of the earliest search engines, multilingual search and
multimedia search available.
- Teoma - a
new search engine which uses subject-specific popularity to determine
a site's authority in addition to relevancy; also provides Refine
and Resources in addition to the search results.
- Scirus -
for scientific information searching.
- Cyberstacks
- follows the philosophy and criteria used in book selection.
Web sites are organized using using the Library
of Congress Classification System.
- Librarian's
Index to the Internet - a searchable, annotated subject directory
of more than 7,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by
librarians. A reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated
Internet resources.
Other recommended resources:
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