Search Engines

Search Engine Watch
http://www.searchenginewatch.com
See the Web Searching Tips for useful web searching strategies.

Additional Sites Not in Book

NoodleTools: "NoodleQuest" and "Choose a Search Engine"
http://www.noodletools.com
Select NoodleQuest and fill out the form to be directed to the best search engines for your particular research project. Select Choose a Search Engine for an extensive list of Internet search tools grouped according to the type of query you are making (for example: "I need to focus my search," "I need biographical information," "I need statistical data," "I need a map").

Google Zeitgeist
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
Find out what the world has been searching for.

SUNY Albany Internet Tutorials
http://library.albany.edu/internet/
Useful information on performing Internet research, including tools for accessing the "deep Web": information in databases, pdf files, images, and other file types not indexed by most traditional search engines.

Purdue OWL
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/search/se.htm
Information on search engines from the respected Purdue University Online Writing Lab.