Great Search Tools to Consider

ALLTHEWEB (search engine)                                                    http://www.alltheweb.com
Comprehensive search engine (like Google) which indexes web pages.  Offers access in 49 languages and claims to be the largest engine.  Indexes not only web pages but multimedia, audio and FTP files, as well as PDF and MS Word files.

Beaucoup (index of search engines)                                       http://www.beaucoup.com
This site is a "master" index of search engines, categorized by content or subject searched.  Very helpful when you need specific types of information or materials.  Select the category of search engine you want then click on your choice.  Links to "search tips" are provided for each engine when available.

Complete Planet  (meta-search engine)                                http://www.completeplanet.com
Provides access to 103,000 full-text databases on the Internet not searchable through normal search engines.

Direct Search  (meta-search engine)                                      http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm
Direct Search is a growing compilation of links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools like Alta Vista, Google, or Hotbot. Material "hidden" from the general search tools is said to reside on the Invisible Web. This tool helps you search that "invisible web".

IMSA Wizard Search Engine (meta-search engine)                  http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/locate/
Meta-search engine developed by students and staff at Illinois Math & Science Academy.  Searches seven major engines simultaneously, providing abstracted links to resulting hits.  All search parameters are customizable including which engines to search, ranking, and number of hits displayed.

KARTOO (meta-search engine)                                                   http://www.kartoo.com
KartOO is a visual meta-search engine with visual display interfaces. As soon as a search is launched, KartOO launches the query to a set of search engines, gathers the results, compiles them and represents them in a series of interactive maps.

Librarians' Index to the 'Net  (subject directory)                  http://lii.org/search/file/about
Provides access to "a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 11,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. lii.org is used by both librarians and the general public as a reliable and efficient guide to Internet resources."

Vivisimo (meta-search engine)                                                    http://www.vivisimo.com 
Uses a meta-search clustering technique to return results.  Easy to use.  Searches other engines simultaneously, removes duplicate records.

PLAIN ENGLISH PHRASE/QUESTION SEARCH

Ask Jeeves       http://www.ask.com                 Ixquick            http://www.ixquick.com

Brainboost     http://www.brainboost.com     MSN Search      http://search.msn.com

WORKS CITED/BIBLIOGRAPHY PREPARATION ONLINE

EasyBib                        http://easybib.com

Landmark Citation Machine       http://citationmachine.net/

Rapidcite                      http://www.rapidcite.com/

 

IMAGE SEARCHES - (CLICK ON IMAGES TAB)

Google              http://www.google.com                        Mamma             http://mamma.com

Revised 2.11.08