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Search Organization Tools
100 Powerful Web Tools to Organize Your Thoughts and Ideas
The great list
includes links and brief annotations of tools for note-taking, document
creation, bookmarking online research, mind mapping, creating personal
wikis, use virtual sticky notes, create to-do lists, collaborate and
share ideas, use calendars, keep track of online and offline time, and
organize and track tasks.
Subject Directories
Collections of selected and evaluated web
sites.
The best directories include annotations of each selected site.
Directories are becoming outdated. Google, for example, shutdown
their directory stating that they believe that a search engine is the
best way to search.
ipl2: Resources by Subject
BUBL
Link
Yahoo Directory
Virtual
Reference Desk
of the New Jersey Statewide Reference Center
Focuses on websites
that contain information about New Jersey
Searching the "Invisible Web"
There is a wealth of information on the
Web that search engines generally do no find. Mostly, it is
information that requires the user to generate results by plugging search terms into a database.
Choosing
Invisible Web Databases
Free databases arranged by format and discipline.
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Search
Engines
Search engines are based on indexes that
are created by sophisticated software programs called "crawlers" or "spiders." These
programs employ a variety of tactics to rank search results.
AlltheWeb
AlltheWeb Advanced
Search
Bing
Google
Google
Advanced Search
Yahoo
Yahoo
Advanced Search
Clustering Search Engines
Puts results in
subsets (clustering)
Yippy
Quintura
Online Libraries
and Ready Reference
ipl2
The
Library Spot
Learn More About WWW Searching
Choose the Best Search for
Your Information
Need
Highly
Recommended!
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
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