Internet Searching
(Note: This sheet is two sided ; more websites on are listed on the other side of this sheet)
1. Searching Tips
a. Use Advanced Search features provided by search engines (links or can be found under the MORE or EVEN MORE links on a search engine homepage)
b. Use unique words and identifies
c. Be specific with your searches (more is better!!)
d. For many search engines, typing slow to get ideas for building searches (ex. Try this with ask.com)
e. Think about which search engine will give you the best results for the topic you are searching for
2. Advanced Searching and Specified Searching
a. Google - http://www.google.com
b. Yahoo – http://www.yahoo.com
c. Ask – http://www.ask.com
3. Directories
a. Google – http://www.google.com/dirhp
b. Yahoo – http://dir.yahoo.com
c. Internet Public Library – http://www.ipl.org
d. LII – http://www.lii.org
4. Deep Web (explain concept)
a. Complete Planet – http://www.completeplanet.org
b. Invisible Web – http://www.invisible-web.net
c. Infomine – http://infomine.ucr.edu
d. Intute – http://www.intute.ac.uk/
5. Metasearch
a. Zuula – http://www.zuula.com
b. Trovando - http://www.trovando.it/default.asp
c. Dogpile – http://www.dogpile.com
d. Clusty – http://clusty.com
e. Mamma – http://www.mamma.com
6. Visual Search
a. Kartoo – http://www.kartoo.com
b. Grokker – http://www.grokker.com
c. Quintura – http://www.quintura.com
7. Subject – Specific Searching
a. http://familyfriendlysearch.com (search engine for children)
b. http://gogooligans.com (search engine for children)
c. http://www.famhoo.com (search engine for children)
d. http://www.kosmix.com (health)
e. http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com (health)
f. http://www.retrevo.com (electronics reviews)
g. http://www.cyndislist.com (genealogy)
8. Just Plain Different
a. Iwon – http://www.iwon.com (earn prizes for searching)
b. Sputtr - http://www.sputtr.com/ (fun search interface, plus searches many web 2.0 websites like Youtube, Ebay, Furl, delicious, etc)
c. Thefind.com – http://www.thefind.com (retail search ; can search by color)
d. FlashEarth – http://www.flashearth.com (geospatial search using common search engines – just plain cool!)
e. Rollyo – http://rollyo.com (create your own search engine)
f. Google Custom Search – http://www.google.com/cse (create your own search engine – requires a FREE Google account)
g. Technorati – http://technorati.com (blog search)
h. TeacherTube – http://www.teachertube.com (search for instructional video)
i. Graphwise – http://www.graphwise.com (search for table and chart data)
j. AltaVista Babel Fish – http://babelfish.altavista.com/ (online translator)
k. Silobreaker – http://www.silobreaker.com (multi-media news aggregator)
l. Tun3r (radio search engine) - http://tun3r.com/