Search Engines Yahoo- Yahoo- MSN Search- MSN Search- Alta Vista- Alta Vista- Lycos- Lycos- Excite- Excite-

Meta Search engines Meta Search or Multi-threaded search engines actually search the search engines for hits… Meta Search or Multi-threaded search engines actually search the search engines for hits… –Profusion- –Metacrawler- –Metor- –Dogpile- –Google-

Direct Search Engines Similar to Meta Searches but tend to offer alternative links to inforamtion Similar to Meta Searches but tend to offer alternative links to inforamtion –Direct Search- –Infomine-

Specialty Search Engines Catalogs of Catalogs Catalogs of Catalogs –The Search Engine Guide- –Lycos Searchable Database- –SearchAbility’s A-Z-

Other Searches Addresses/ s: Addresses/ s: –Infospace- –Bigfoot- –WorldPages- –MSN Yellowpages- Maps Maps –Expedia- –Mapquest- –MapBlast-

Other Searches Dictionaries/Encyclopedias- Dictionaries/Encyclopedias- –Dictionary.com- –Merriam-Webster- –Thesaurus.com- –Encarta- Pictures- Pictures- –Corbis-

Boolean Searches Purebred Dogs- Will yield hits for all pages containing: Purebred Dogs- Will yield hits for all pages containing: –“purebred” –“Dogs” –“purebred dogs” Entering “Purebred Dogs” will yield hits for ONLY those pages containing that specific phrase! Entering “Purebred Dogs” will yield hits for ONLY those pages containing that specific phrase! Use “AND” & “Or”- “Purebred Dogs” AND “Barking” Use “AND” & “Or”- “Purebred Dogs” AND “Barking”