Quick Guide to Internet Search Engines

General Search Engines

• AlltheWeb
• Altavista
• Ask
• Google

Retrieve broad Web results from a single search site

Specialty Search Engines

• Eric (Education)
• Google Scholar
• PubMed (Biomedical)
• Science.gov
• Scirus (Science)

Retrieve focused results from
unique special collection sites

Directories

• About
• Beaucoup
• Dmoz
• Yahoo

Guide your general search by using the content headings
offered by these sites

Evaluated Directories

• Bubl
• Internet Public Library
• Librarians' Internet Index
• Scout Project

Guide your academic search by using the content headings
offered by these sites

Meta Search Engines

• Dogpile
• Ixquick
• KartOO
• Query Server
• Search.com

Retrieve narrower Web results
from several search sites
with a single request