W5H - Search Engine Tutorial


	The Difference Search Engines The Big Three Fast Keyword searching dynamic Wide range of searching capabilities More than one format (images, mp3's, etc.) Supports Boolean searching Supports specialized/limited searching (date, field) Infoseek \| AltaVista \| Excite \| Webcrawler \| Lycos Subject Engines Humans cataloging information and reviewing sites Noun searching Hierarchy/Subject browsing Yahoo \| Needle In a Cyberstack \| Magellan \| The Argus Clearinghouse \| My Virtual Reference Desk \| INFOMINE \| Librarians' Index to the Internet Popularity Engines Precise results Small results list Usually behind the bigger SE's Direct Hit \| Google Meta - Engines Expanding faster than other engines Good for quick and dirty searches Middle engine for other search engines Do not use boolean logic, keep it simple Desktop applications (Copernic, Web Compass) Dogpile \| MetaSearch \| Savvy Searcher \| InferenceFind \| ProFusion Specialty Engines Topic Specific Usually organized by subject experts Cross between subject and search engines Security Search \| Gangs \| Amazon \| Findlaw \| CD-Now \| Deja \| Investigator's Toolbox Who3