HIT: Search Engines

[Edith LaForge <laforge@WEBZONE.NET>]

from <laforge@webzone.net>

A summary of replies to my request for information about how search engines
"search" follows.   I have not tried all of the sites.        Edith LaForge

1.  The Dec. 3, 1996 issue of PC Magazine has an excellent section on
search engines                                   "The Netsearchers Cheat
Sheet."   Charles Kinsella <kinsella@cin.net> EDTech listserv

2.  for first-time users   http://www.askscott.com   AskScott      gives
help in selecting which of many SE to use.  For more advanced users
http://www.askscott.com/great.html           Great Scott       These were
created by an academic librarian Scott Nicholson and have info. on how
search engines work, a tutorial, and explanations.
  Mark Williams, Colton H.S., Colton, CA   <mark_williams@EEE.ORG>

3.  a table listing search engines may need interepretation - -
http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/library/staffpages/gwpersonal/senginestudy/c
ompare.htm                                La Maroon, Moultonborough Academy
  New Hampshire  <l_maroon@conknet.com>

4.  Try http://www.netstrider.com/search/       I use it everyday!  It
provides explanations on how the engines work, ways to use them most
effectively, and ranks them.
        Elizabeth Findley  The Education Center, Inc.
<efindley@themailbox.com>

5.  An instructor at Red River Community College in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada has a great site which lists comparisons of SE, and gives info. on
how each works, which is the best for what you want to do.    It's called
"Doing Research on the Web" and is at
http://www.ee-kcr.mb.ca/RRCC/week6a.htm       Alice Klumper   Seven Oaks
Middle School  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada <aklumper@mbnet.mb.ca>

6.  Do I have the place for you!
http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/search/chart.htm
           Lisa Brandt  <lisa@mail.usmo.com>

7.  For just a list...  http://www.iconn.net/search.html             Edith
LaForge

8.  Might look for the book _The Neal-Schuman Authoritative Guide to Search
Engines_; it looks at the 7 leading search engines, describes how each
works, and evaluates performance for different kinds of searchs.  There's a
pro/con summary table for each SE.      Charles Harmon Chicago, IL
<ctharmon@aol.com>

9.  Try   http://searchenginewatch.com   and go to "Features"
    Bob Eiffert  Image Elementary, Vancouver, WA  <beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu>

10.  Was due to be released in Oct.-- book _Search Engines for the World
Wide Web_    by Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner.  Peachpit Press.
     4 articles on searching the WWW in Oct/Nov 97 issue of magazine _Fast
       Company_.   Archives at
http://www.fastcompany.com/resources/atwork.html
  Jeni Friedland, Middleburgh Elem, Middleburgh, NY  <jenif@global2000.net>

11.  Try  http://www.windweaver.com/searchengines.htm
             http://issfw.palomar.edu/Library/TGSEARCH.HTM
             http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Help/searchdetails.html
(just a few he listed)
         http://www.classroom.net/classroom/searchingfaq.html
     Always read the Help/Options/Power User details of every SE you use.
  Dr. Steven Kreis  The History Guide <stevek@pagesz.net>        on EdTech
listserv

12.   and Debbie Abilock's site at:

http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
 sent by Jan Bakker, North Central Regional Educational Lab.
<bakker@ncrel.org>

 13.     and "Search Engine Strategies"  by Craig Branham  <branhacc@slu.edu>
       http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/page9.html
                                         found by Edith LaForge


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