Search Engines

• [312] Google
• [312] Google UK
• [312] Yahoo Search
• [312] Windows Live Search - now called Bing
• [312] Ask
• [312] Yahoo: Search Engines & Directories

Formulating your search

• [314] BrightPlanet: Boolean Basics - see Chapter 3.
• [314] Google: Advanced Search

Searching for files

• [323] Google: Image Search
• [323] JISC Digital Media: Review of Image Search Engines

Limitations

• [324] Steve Lawrence and C. Lee Giles: Accessibility of information on the web

Choosing a search engine

• [328] Thumbshots: Ranking
• [329] DogPile
• [329] MetaCrawler
• [329] Tucows Searchbots

Genealogy search tools

• [331] Cyndi's List: Genealogy Search Engines
• [331] Genuki: Search
• [331] Geneally

Further information

• [331] Infopeople: Search Tools Chart
• [331] Search Engine Showdown: Search Engine Features Chart
• [332] Evaluation Of Internet Searching And Search Engines
• [332] Search Engine Showdown
• [332] Search Engine Watch
• [332] University of California at Berkeley: Finding Information on the Internet
• [332] BrightPlanet: Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet
• [332] Rice University: Internet Searching Strategies
• [332] About.com: Finding your ancestors on the Internet
• [332] Cyndi's List: Search Engines

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