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Engines/Directories - use advanced searching features
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Mega/Meta
Search Tools
- Clusty - great
"Clustering Engine" that organizes results into categories
- SurfWax - a
"meaning based search" tool that allows you to "focus" on
particular words and click on icon to get detailed
summary
- Ixquick - uses
stars to rank sites, eliminates duplicates and translates search
terms into syntax that each search engine can best handle
- Open
Directory - largest human-edited directory with results
grouped into categories
- Metacrawler
- standby meta tool that collates results; should
customize
- Dogpile -
results are presented per individual search tool; results are
often commercial
- Bowie's
Search - links to numerous search tools
- 1Blink - search
web, and other areas such as auctions, health, news groups
- Guidebeam -
browse "hyperindex" in order to clarify information need and
eliminating much of the confusing detail encountered when browsing
the actual retrieved documents
- Fossick.com: the Web Search
Alliance Directory - search over 3,000 specialist
search engines and topical guides
- TrackStar
- keyword search by grade level to find links provided with more
detailed descriptions than most search tools or search by theme or
track on the home page
Image/Graphic/Multimedia
Search Tools
Specialized
Search Tools
Kids' Search
Tools
Search Tips
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up to date on the latest Internet developments
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