REFERENCE
SEARCHING THE WEB
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Local Searching
The form below searches documents in the Third Party Time? directory
of the Kennedy School's server.
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Search all of the pages on the Kennedy School site with this form:
Web-Wide Searching
The links below provide a shortlist of some of the most common search engines and catalogues on the Web. Search engines are programs that wander the Web, amass information and store the information in large databases. Directories, catalogues, and guides provide a human filter for this mass of information, by way of such things as subject trees, commentaries, and/or rating systems.
In practice, most search engines are coupled with some type of catalogue (Lycos and its directory a2z, for example) and, conversely, most of what once were pure directories compiled by people are now coupled with robotic web crawlers (such as the marriage of Yahoo! and Alta Vista).
- Alta Vista
- A search engine by Digital that boasts the largest index of Web sites and speediest returns.
- Excite
- HotBot
- The contribution of e-zine HotWired to the field of web indexes. Uses the powerful search engine, Inktomi.
- InfoSeek Ultra
- Lycos
- A well-known Web search engine that scores hits by their relevance to
the search string you enter, generates a list in descending order of relevance.
- Magellan
- Yahoo!
- The pioneer Internet index, Yahoo now includes a useful search capability that lists brief descriptions of tagged pages. Other search engines typically capture the first 100 or so words of identified pages, which may not necessarily reflect the essence of the pages'contents. Use the form below for direct access to
Multiple Searches
- search.com
- A comprehensivepage of Web search engines from c|net, featuring links to 250 search engines.
- Metasearch
- Another site providing multiple searches of an array of indexes.
Guides
- The Argus Clearinghouse
- A stellar resource for research, put together by subject experts.
- Yanoff's Internet Services List
- Among the first and certainly the longest-lasting list of internet-based resources.
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