Search Engines Are Not Created Equal
Who hasn’t heard of Yahoo! or Google, two search engine giants? The world of search engines does not end here. There are metasearch engines that compare the results from numerous individual search engines. There are search engines for government information and subject-specific search engines that search scholarly journal articles and even books.
Become informed about the multitude of search engine possibilities so that you can uncover the best information possible to meet your information need.
Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Need
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
NoodleTools provides a list of search engine names with annotations to help you use the search engine that best meets your needs.
Top 10 Niche Search Engines You Might Not Know About
http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/tp/nichesearch.htm
Take a look at these 10 names and annotations to learn about new search engines that could work for you.
Search Engine Showdown: The User's Guide to Web Searching
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com
Greg R. Notess informs readers of ways to search more effectively. Notess reviews search engines and charts features fo both Web directories and search engines.
The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, [March 2008]
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_100_alternative_search_engines_mar08.php
Charles Knight’s 100 best alternative search engines include those that search specific subjects such as health, people, news, and jobs.