Introduction Internet Background Information Basic Research Strategies Online Content Evalutation Online Search Strategies Online Reference Tools & "Pearls" Directories+ Search Engines Meta-Searchers Learning & Keeping Up Bibliography

META-SEARCHERS... Meta-Searchers allow you to search several search engines simultaneously with a single query. They do not maintain their own internal database, but instead query others. Search logic can depend on the combination of the metasearcher and the originating search engine site. http://metacrawler.cs.washington.edu:8080 Provides a choice of a fast or a comprehensive search of many search engines, including Alta Vista, Excite, and Lycos, HotBot, WebCrawler, Yahoo, and Galaxy. Results are organized into a uniform format and displayed. http://guaraldi.cs.colostate.edu:2000 "SavvySearch is a meta-search tool, designed to simultaneously send your query to multiple Internet search engines and return the complete set of results. [It] offers the advantage of a single location and common user interface for querying many diverse databases." Available in a variety of languages. Also: http://www.dogpile.com Dogpile provides a multi engine semi-parallel search interface that automatically searches more than 20 search engines 3 at a time. Dogpile allows for continued searching options and Boolean operators. Mamma http://www.mamma.com The Mother of All Search Engines. Simplified Access to Search Engines Some sites provide direct access to the search query of many search engines, but you search them one at a time from that site. All-in-One Search Page http://www.albany.net/allinone/all1www.html#WWW