Using search engines
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Choose the right engine for the task
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Key word (Google, MSN) vs. directory
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Directory: When you don’t know exactly
what you want or looking for a topic
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Google Directory (
directory.google.com
,
Yahoo Directory (
dir.yahoo.com/)
, About
(
http://azlist.about.com/a.htm
)
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High-quality: Librarians Internet Index
(
http://lii.org/
)
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Metasearch (
Excite
,
Ixquick
)