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Search Engines

Frequently Used Search Engines

For search strategies:

Specialized Search Engines

Use these special search engine types to build more directed searches:

Search Engine Type Uses Librarians' Picks
Meta Search Engines Combine the power of multiple search engines into a single search.

Dogpile, iBoogie, ixquick, Surfwax
"Clustering" Search Engines Narrow a broad search to a more specific one. Results are grouped by common key words. Clusty (also does meta searching), Grokker
"Invisible Web" Search Engines Find resources located within databases where traditional search engines can't "look." InfoMine, CompletePlanet
Web Directories Browse listings of selected web sites organized into subject categories.

About.com,

Librarian's Index to the Internet, Yahoo Directory

For search strategies:

Scholarly Search Engines

The following search tools allow you to access scholarly journal articles that are available free on the web and do not require a subscription.

Scholarly Search Engine About this Search Engine
BioMed Online publisher of electronic open access journals in the life sciences.
D.O.A.J. The Directory of Open Access Journals provides access to journals across multiple disciplines.
E-Journal USA Five open access journals on political and economic topics by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs.
ERIC Education Resources Information Center provides access to education research journals. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
Google Scholar For more about Google Scholar, see Find Valencia Library Items in Google Scholar.
Hakia Web search engine that differentiates credible web sites from general results. (Credible web sites are selected by librarians -- so far only health & environment topics are covered).
Highwire Press Searchable collection of scholarly electronic journal articles with some free content.
InfoMine Allows you to search or browse selected scholarly internet resources by discipline or search within e-journals.
Intute Arts & Humanities Directory to electronic arts & humanities journals.
Intute Engineering Directory to electronic engineering journals.
Project Gutenberg Over 30,000 free digital book downloads for books in the public domain (old enough to no longer be protected under copyright law).
Public Library of Science Online publisher of open access science journals.
PubMed Search or browse selected free electronic journals in health and medicine. Sponsored by the National Instutites of Health.
Search Medica Search scholarly medical web sites in several health care subjects; limit searches to research, patient education information, evidence-based articles and more.
SocioSite Directory to electronic social sciences journals.
YottaLook Radiology Search Medical imaging search engine for web sites, images and journals on Radiology.

 

New & Experimental Search Engines

For updates on the latest search engine technologies, check out AltSearchEngines.com, a blog dedicated to reviewing interesting Google-alternatives. Or, have some fun with these creative and sometimes quirky favorites:

 

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