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DIRECTORIES & PORTALS
Organized by subject, often reviewed by humans
META SEARCH ENGINES
Search many engines at once
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PHONE NUMBERS
REFERENCE
STATE & LOCAL RESOURCES
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Getting Started -- Things to note before using the Web
- Please note that search engines only cover a section of the
Internet
Major search engines search less than one-quarter of all web
pages.
- Please note that more and more information is being lost to
the invisible web
Many web pages are database generated and are not searched by major
search engines. For invisible web search assistance, go to
the University
of California, Berkeley Library The Invisible Web tutorial.
- Make sure you are a critical consumer
Anyone can publish a web page and make it accessible to the world.
Beware of bias, mistakes and outright fabrication.
For help, go to the library's Evaluating
Information on the World Wide Web.
Search Tips
- Figure out how a particular search engine works
Use the Search
Engine Showdown search engine features page.
- Designate phrases whenever possible
Put quotation marks around phrases, such as "John F. Kennedy".
- Make use of features that allow you to find similar web pages
Try options such as "More Like This" or "Related Sites".
- Avoid the use of stop words
Do not type in a, an, the, of...
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Before you search the web . . . Does your assignment require scholarly
information: journal, magazine, newspaper articles, etc.? If so,
you may want to begin your research at our Find Articles and More page.
