MIT 144F: Week7
Some Searching-the-Internet Resources

Evaluation Criteria

Good site for evaluation criteria:
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/~fprefect/matrix/

Nice review article with comparison charts:
http://www.pcworld.com/software/internet_www/articles/jan96/jan9635.html

Nice source for reviews and evaluations:
http://www.hamline.edu/library/bush/handouts/comparisons.html

Overview sites

Nice overview of all manner of internet search tools:
http://www.accesscom.com/~ziegler/search.html

Another overview site:
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/search/

Search engine tutorial:
http://www.sci.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm

Insider information on how search-engines really work

How webmasters optimize indexing effectiveness:
http://searchenginewatch.com/

Subject-oriented services

Yahoo is the principal subject-oriented search service:
yahoo.com

Subject-organized information clearinghouse:
http://www.clearinghouse.net/

Subject-organized reference "desk":
http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/

Highly recommended starting point

Super-Duper, all-in-one, Internet search service:
http://www.merrydew.demon.co.uk/search.htm