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  Using Internet as a Research Tool

Topic 1 Introduction to Internet Resources

Categories    Subjects    Purpose    Search Facilities  Search Strategy

Best search engine?

It is not possible to say because they all have particular strengths and individual style. When you explore the different search engines , each of you will have favorites that work well for you. This site is able to tell you everything you want to know about search engines. www.searchenginewatch.com

Meta Search Engines

  • Metacrawlers or multi-search engines
  • One of the major problems of the Internet is that it is too big and growing so fast that it is impossible for any single search engine to index the materials comprehensively.
  • Allow users to conduct searches concurrently on a number of search engines. Some meta search engines conduct searches with a fix set of search engines while others allow users to choose which search engines to use.
  • Transmits search terms simultaneously to several search engines
  • Do not have their own database of web pages
  • Present a list of results
  • Examples

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