Search+Engines+and++More

Search Engines and the Filter Bubble
How do search engines work? Why does it matter?

Search Engines and Directories
There are many different search engines to choose from. Google is currently the most popular, but you may also find some of the mega search engines like alta vista, or metacrawler useful, as they pull from several search engines. Sometimes it is more efficient to use a directory. Directories are put together by people, not web bots and are categorized. You may need to use a specific type of search, i.e. for movies, or images. There is also an "invisible web" of databases that can be searched. We call this the invisible web because the results may not turn up in a search using a typical search engine. This list will give you some ideas of the different ways to search the web. If you are a visual learner, there are also search engines which search the web and show you images of the web sites. Instagrok provides an interactive concept map that helps you narrow/broaden or dig deeper into a topic. Check out Search-Cube.com. [|Search-cube] is a visual search engine that presents web search results in a unique, three-dimensional cube interface. It shows previews of up to ninety-six websites, videos and images.[|YoLink] claims to search behind the links. Twurdy is a search engine that categorizes search results by readabilty. [|Flickr CC search]is one of many ways to find images with creative commons licenses to legally use. [|Joongel] gives you a combination of a directory and a visual search. [|DeepDyve] claims to search the "deep web". [|Noodle Tools] has a great series of questions to answer about what you are searching for and gives good recommendations of search engines to try out. This one is really worth checking out before you start any research.

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[|http://dir.yahoo.com] yahoo directory

[|http://www.altavista.com]

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[|http://www.infoplease.com]

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[|http://www.pandia.com/]

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[|13 Alternative Search Engines That Find What Google Can’t]

[|Hacker's Research and Documentation Guide]
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