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3D Searching
Researchers develop 3-D search engine (CNN.com: 4/16/04) Princeton Shape Retrieval and Analysis Group: 3D Model Search Engine
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Search Tools What makes a good search engine? Amazon-owned Company Launches Search Tool Scorecard: Search Engines |
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Better Seek Help How to Find Anything Online Keep An Eye on the Future of Internet Searching |
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Conducting Research on the Internet is a nice FAQ to start with in your search. Search Engine Watch is a very comprehensive comparison of search engine features ranked by independent judges, and has tips on how to use them. The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine is an academic paper on the prototype of the best search engine Scout Toolkit is an excellent guide to internet searching and the best web tools. CNet's Guide to Web Searching gives the basic steps necessary to do effective searches on the web. ZDNET's: "Find Anything Fast on the Internet" Utilities (Download) ZDNET's: Metasearch Sites gives helpful details about some of the metasearch engines Literature about search services is a very impressive collection of references to search service evaluations and literature about searching, retrieving and indexing the Internet. Search Engine Showdown summarizes, reviews, and compares the search features and databases of web search engines and finding aids. Searching the Internet, UC Berkeley's guide to Internet search tools, has descriptions of coverage and search techniques for each chosen search engine on a detail page. Understanding WWW Search Tools has explanation and evaluations of several web search tools, and pointers to web catalogs. Web Search Tool Features is a tabular comparison of features and coverage of seven of the most popular search engines. Web Search Tool Features, from the Univ. of Northumbria at Newcastle, has a comparison, laid out in a table, of features and coverage of seven of the most popular search engines.
Deep Web Searches
Much of the web's data cannot be searched through a traditional search engine, for various reasons. This part of the Internet is called the deep web. "You can find and access many of these databases through portals that specialize in providing access to the Deep Web." | |
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Databases You're Likely to Need to Visit a Library to Access
Capella Library Business Collection JSTOR is an archival collection which contains full-image, full-run academic journals on numerous topics; is only available through an academic institution. Lexis Nexis Academic is a for-pay, full-text database of news, business, legal, and govt. info. Mergent Online is an integration of databases, such as Moody's Industrial Manual, EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) filings, and Company Data Direct. O'Reilly Network Safari Bookshelf has electronic versions of hundreds of technical books covering more than 20 categories, from Business Reference to XML. Company Researching
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Hoover's Online has info on over 13,500
public and private companies worldwide. Corporate Information is an excellent source of information on corporations.
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| Ask Jeeves Kids is a screened Internet search utility. | Yahooligans! is a kids-oriented search site and a portal as well. |
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Cool4Kids, built around the Kids and Teens Open Directory Project, has over 17,500 links. Niche Searching Asiaco is a searchable index of Asia-related topics. AskERIC (The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)), is a national information system funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Biography Resource Center
searches for people by birth, death year,
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