SEARCH ENGINES
- No two search engines retrieve the same results
- Each search engine searches different parts of the web (usenet groups, images, ftp sites, etc.)
- Each search engine is updated at different times
- Each search engine uses different criteria to organize your search results
- General Search Engines
- retrieve webpages on all different topics and list every webpage they find without regard to quality
- Academic Search Engines
- retrieve webpages that have been judged to have high-quality information relevant to students, faculty, and other researchers
- Meta Search Engines
- search several other search engines at one time and show you the top results from each
- Subject-Specific Search Engines
- only look for webpages in a certain field
- Special Search Tools
- Image, audio, people, news, and translation search engines
- Deep Web Search Engines
- retrieve webpages that aren't searchable by general search engines
- Search Engine Tips
- Comparison Charts, tutorials, latest news, etc.
