Search+Engines

=Search Engines= Search engines are Web sites that allow Internet users to look for information by typing in words or phrases. There are many different search engines. Below are links to information about a variety of search engines as well as links to tutorials that will help you be a better searcher.

Tutorials on Search Engines
Click on the links below to learn how to use search engines effectively:
 * **How to Choose a Search Engine** - Click on this link to go to a tutorial on a Web site maintained by Laura B. Cohen, a former academic librarian at the University of Albany SUNY. It includes tables with comparisons of a variety of different search engines and which are best for specific purposes: []
 * **Search Engines, Meta Search Engines and Search Engine Collections** - Click on this link to go to a tutorial on a Web site maintained by Laura B. Cohen, a former academic librarian at the University of Albany SUNY. It includes links to general search engines, meta search engines and collections of search engines: []
 * **Search Engine Showdown** - Click on this link for simple instructions for searching on the Web: []

**//Some Popular Search Engines//**

 * **Ask** (formerly Ask Jeeves) - []
 * **Ask Jeeves for Kids** - []
 * **Bing -** []
 * **Google** - [|http://www.google.com]
 * **Let Me Google That For You** - []
 * **Lycos** - []
 * **Twurdy** - [] - Search for Web sites that are rated by readability level - great for struggling readers; you get the Lexile level and age range of the Web site hits.
 * **Yahoo** - []
 * **Yahoo Kids** (formerly Yahooligans) - []

Metacrawlers are combined search engines that search multiple search engines at the same time.

 * **Dogpile** - [] **NOTE**: According to their Web site: "InfoSpace created the Dogpile search engine because your time is important to us. Powered by [|Metasearch] technology, Dogpile returns all the best results from leading search engines including Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask, so you find what you’re looking for faster. Each search engine has its own method of searching and each will return different results. Dogpile looks at all of them, decides which are most relevant to your search, eliminates duplicates and reveals them to you. In the end, you get a list of results more complete than anywhere else on the Web."


 * **Metacrawler** - [] **NOTE**: According to their Web site: "MetaCrawler.com utilizes metasearch technology to compile results from many of the Web's major search properties, delivering more relevant and comprehensive results every time you search. By accessing multiple search engines for each query, MetaCrawler.com provides you with a richer and more relevant spectrum of results than you would from using any single search engine."


 * **Webcrawler** - [|http://www.webcrawler.com] **NOTE**: According to their Web site: "WebCrawler® brings users the top search results from Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Ask and other popular search engines. WebCrawler also provides multimedia results, including images, video, news, and local information. WebCrawler is a registered trademark of InfoSpace, Inc."


 * **Clusty AKA Yippy** - [] **NOTE**: According to their Web site: "Clusty is a whole new way to search the web. Clusty queries several top search engines, combines the results, and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking. This "metasearch" approach helps raise the best results to the top and push search engine spam to the bottom."

Boolean Logic
Boolean logic is the logic that all Internet search engines use to find information. By using Boolean Logic whenever you search, you can refine your searches and get much better results. Click her to go to the Boolean Logic page on this Wiki for more information.