| Fields & File Types |
| If you want to search for... |
Choose... |
| Audio/Music |
AllTheWeb |
AltaVista |
Dogpile |
Fazzle |
FindSounds.com |
Lycos Music |
Lycos Multimedia Search |
Singingfish |
Soundsnap
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| Date last modified |
AllTheWeb Advanced Search |
AltaVista Advanced Web Search |
Ask.com Advanced Search |
Exalead Advanced Search |
Google Advanced Search |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search
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| Domain/Site/URL |
AllTheWeb Advanced Search |
AltaVista Advanced Web Search |
AOL Advanced Search |
Ask.com Advanced Search |
Google Advanced Search |
MSN Search Search Builder |
SearchEdu.com |
WhoNu |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search
|
| File Format |
AllTheWeb Advanced Web Search |
AltaVista Advanced Web Search |
AOL Advanced Search |
Exalead Advanced Search |
WhoNu |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search
|
| Geographic location |
Ask.com Advanced Search |
Exalead Advanced Search |
Lycos Advanced Search |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search
|
| Images |
AllTheWeb |
AltaVista |
The Amazing Picture Machine |
Ask.com Images |
Dogpile |
Fazzle |
Google Image Search |
IceRocket |
Ixquick |
Mamma |
Picsearch |
Pixsy |
Retrivr |
Snap |
Tiltomo |
WhoNu
|
| Language |
AllTheWeb Advanced Web Search |
AOL Advanced Search |
Ask.com Advanced Search |
Exalead Advanced Search |
Google Language Tools |
iBoogie Advanced Web Search |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search
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| Multimedia & video |
All TheWeb |
AltaVista |
Blinx |
ClipBlast |
Dogpile |
Fazzle |
Search For Video |
Singingfish |
Yahoo Video Search |
Zuula
|
| Page Title/URL |
AOL Advanced Search |
Fazzle |
Google Advanced Search |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search
|
| Search logic |
| If you want to use... |
Choose... |
| Boolean operators |
Dogpile |
Google [OR only] |
Ixquick
|
Full Boolean logic with parentheses
e.g., behavior and (cats or felines) |
AlltheWeb Advanced Search |
AltaVista Advanced Web Search |
Exalead |
Ixquick |
Live Search
|
| Implied Boolean +/- |
Most search engines offer this option |
| Boolean logic using search form terminology |
Most advanced search options offer this, including:
AllTheWeb Advanced Search |
AltaVista Advanced Web Search
AOL Advanced Search |
Ask.com Advanced Search |
Exalead |
Google Advanced Search |
IceRocket Advanced Search |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search
|
| Proximity searching |
Exalead |
Google [by default] |
Ixquick
|
| Search options |
| If you want.. |
Choose... |
| Alternative search terms |
SurfWax
|
| A user fill-in search form |
Many search engines offer this, including:
AlltheWeb Advanced Web Search |
AltaVista Advanced Web Search |
AOL Search Advanced Search |
Ask.com Advanced Search |
Google Advanced Search |
IceRocket Advanced Search |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search
|
| Search for documents similar to those in existing results |
Google
|
| Truncation |
Exalead |
Ixquick
|
| Live human guides |
ChaCha
|
| Your search stated in plain English |
Ask.com |
Brainboost |
Hakia |
Ixquick |
Live Search
|
| Translation of pages retrieved as search results, or any text or Web page, to and from selected languages |
Babel Fish
|
| An exact phrase within quotations |
Most search engines offer this option |
| An exact phrase from a template choice |
Many search templates offer this. For example:
AllTheWeb Advanced Search |
AltaVista Advanced Web Search |
Fazzle |
Google Advanced Search |
IceRocket Advanced Search
|
| Multiple search tools searched simultaneously with duplicate records removed |
Chubba |
Clusty |
Copernic |
Don Busca |
Fazzle |
FindForward |
Ixquick |
Mamma |
Query Server |
SurfWax |
Yooci |
more...
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| Search Results |
| If you want... |
Choose... |
| Results based on linking, i.e., number of links from highly rated Web pages |
A9 |
Alexa Web Search |
AltaVista |
Ask.com |
Google |
Google Web Directory
[Many search engines use this technology as part of their results ranking strategy]
|
| Results clustered by concept and/or type of site
(often laid out as a "horizontal" list of topics in addition to a single vertical list of results) |
Ask.com |
Clusty |
Don Busca |
Exalead |
iBoogie |
metaEUREEKA |
Kartoo |
KillerInfo |
KoolTorch |
Mooter |
Quintura |
Search.com |
Ujiko
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| Results influenced by searcher behavavior or ratings |
Eurekster Swicki |
Sproose |
Trexy |
URL.com
|
| Option to search on related topics |
AllTheWeb |
Dogpile |
Factbites |
Search.com |
WhoNu
|
| Results in graphical/visual format |
Kartoo |
KoolTorch |
Mnemomap |
Mooter |
Quintura |
Ujiko |
Webbrain
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| Results with thumbnail images of retrieved sites |
Don Busca |
Exalead |
IceRocket |
Snap
|
| Search alerts |
AllTh.at |
Google Alert |
Swamii |
TracerLock
|
| Queries stored by the search service for repeat searches |
Copernic
|
| Search results appear as you type |
Google Suggest |
Slurk |
Snap |
SurfWax LookAhead (RSS feeds)
|
| Specialty Searches |
| If you want to search... |
Choose... |
| The Deep Web (not generally covered by search spiders) |
Visit a topic-specific engine, e.g., PubMed, or try to locate one using a general search engine.
|
| Blogs |
Ask.com |
Bloglines |
BlogPulse |
Clusty |
Globe of Blogs |
Google Blog Search |
IceRocket |
Keotag |
Sphere |
Technorati |
WhoNu |
Yahoo News Search |
Zuula
|
| Files in FTP sites (text, multimedia, software, etc.) |
Ftpsearchengines.com
|
| Library materials |
WorldCat
|
| News (multiple sources searched simultaneously) |
AlltheWeb: News |
AltaVista - News |
Congoo News |
FindNews.org |
Google News Alerts |
InfoGrid |
NewsNow |
Pandia Newsfinder |
RocketNews |
SurfWax News Accumulator |
Topix.com |
The WorldNews Network
|
| Podcasts |
Big Think |
FORA.tv |
Pluggd |
Podanza |
Podcast.net |
Podcast Search Service |
PODZINGER |
UChannel |
WhoNu |
Yahoo Podcasts
|
| RSS feeds |
Chordata |
RSSfeeds.com |
SurfWax LookAhead |
Syndic8.com
|
| Saved Web pages |
Furl |
Spurl.net
|
| Scholarly materials, e.g,. books, articles, etc. |
Google Book Search |
Google Scholar |
Live Search Books |
Windows Live Search Academic
|
| Search trails, e.g., paths taken from search results to selected pages |
Trexy
|
| Site analysis |
GoLexa
|
| Usenet newsgroup postings |
Google Groups
|
| Web events |
FindWebEvents.com
|
| Your own customized search engine |
Eurekster Swicki |
Google Custom Search Engine |
Rollyo
|
| Reference sources (dictionaries, encyclopedias,
e-mail and address lookups, calculators, quotations, news, government info,
statistics etc.) |
Reference Collection (U Albany Libraries)
|
| Professionally maintained directories |
About |
Academic Info |
BUBL LINK |
INFOMINE |
Librarians' Internet Index |
Intute |
The Scout Archives |
Virtual Learning Resources Center |
more...
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| Directories maintained by volunteers |
JoeAnt |
Open Directory Project (DMOZ)
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