MATC Libraries

Search Engines

Directories & Evaluative Sites

• All the Web - Great for finding MP3s, Video, and other multimedia files.

• Ask.Com (Formerly Ask Jeeves) - A good choice for those new to the web. Uses "natural language" searching.

• Google - Best used if you need a few good results fast. Results are ranked by general popularity.

• Yahoo!
- Can be used to find facts and calculations and translations

• Google Web Directory
• Infomine
• Internet Public Library
• Internet Scout
• MATC Library Research Guides

SearchEngineWatch -- Search Engine Watch is the authoritative guide to searching Internet search engines and search engine registration and ranking issues. Learn to submit URLs, use HTML meta tags and boost placement.

Meta Search Engines

• Dogpile - Searches AskJeeves, Yahoo, Google and other search engines all at the same time.

• Vivisimo - Produces results from multiple engines and presents categorized groupings of results organized by topics.