Finding information on the Internet
involves using Search
Engines or Directories
The following links represent some of the Internet's
best resources for searching the World Wide Web
www.yahoo.com
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Yahoo remains the undisputed favorite
d
irectory service for many Internet users. Yahoo presents a series of
general topics such as Arts, Business, Science... Then provides more
specific topics after making your selection.
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www.altavista.com
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Altavista contains an index of
millions of web pages covering any topic imaginable! You provide a word
or phrase that best describes the topic your interested in and Altavista
checks
the index and displays various web pages containing the word(s)
or phrases you requested. Providing more specific information (sometimes
called keywords) to Altavista yields better results!
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mckinley.com
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Magellan provides both directory
listings and comprehensive reviews of web sites based upon their quality
of their content and th
e presentation of material. While Magellan provides
fewer web sites to choose from (compared to Yahoo), these web sites
typically feature "above average" quality.
www.superpages.com
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#1 Online Shopping Guide in the World
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www.ask.com
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Ask Jeeves allows users to ask
questions in plain English such as "Where can I find the score of tonight's
RedSox game?" It searches all the major search engines (i.e. Yahoo!,
Infoseek, Lycos,
Hotbot, Web Crawler, and AltaVista), and presents the
user with popup menus of results.
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Web Lens is a simple
site, but contains extremely helpful net search guides. "Search basics,"
"search engines,
" "metasearch" and "reference
tools" are just some of the subjects available.
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