| The major way people find information about various subject matters on the Internet is by the use of search engines. In Doing Research on the Web, search methods are explained, along with a listing of some major search engines, encyclopedias and special sources. The following is a more comprehensive list of good search engine sites on the web, although it is not a complete list. There are hundreds of web sites that have indexed other sites. Search engines Some popular search engines to use are as follows, listed in alphabetical order: Alta Vista www.altavista.com – Has the largest database. Good for word-searches. America Online www.aol.com – Search engine from AOL. Deja News www.dejanews.com – Lists news, products and topic discussions. Direct Hit www.directhit.com – Has ranking system. Euroseek www.euroseek.net – Searches European and American sites Euroferret www.euroferret.com– Searches European and American sites Excite www.excite.com – Ranked as one of the top search sites. Go To www.goto.com – Ranked according to advertising payment. Hotbot www.hotbot.com – An up-and-comer. Infoseek www.infoseek.com – Useful for some items. Look Smart www.looksmart.com Lycos www.lycos.com – Ranked near the top. Magellan www.mckinley.com – Fairly good. Owned by Excite. MSN www.msn.com – Search engine for Microsoft Network. Netscape www.netscape.com – Engine from Netscape. Northern Light www.northernlight.com – Popular site. Search.com www.search.com – Relatively new search tool. Snap.com www.snap.com – Advertised on TV. Switchboard www.switchboard.com – Relatively new. Owned by CBS. Webcrawler www.webcrawler.com – Fairly good search tool. Yahoo www.yahoo.com – One of more popular. Classifies list. Not as extensive as others. Meta-search engines These sites gather information from other search engines to provide an overall view of the specific information. Ask Jeeves www.ask.com – Can ask questions in common language. Dmoz www.dmoz.org – Good listing Dogpile www.dogpile.com – Lists by site Google www.google.com – Has new ranking technology. Mamma.com www.mamma.com – Nice classification Metacrawler www.metacrawler.com Reference Desk www.refdesk.com – Does meta search, including encyclopedias. Savvy Search www.savvysearch.com Infind www.infind.com – Good classification of sites Fast Search www.alltheweb.com In conclusion Use these search sites to find your information. If you have other suggested sites, let me know about them.
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