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E-Reference Links - General Topics - Searching, Evaluating, Using Web Resources
 
Evaluating Websites -- UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries Tutorial
Provides an overview of the criteria used to evaluate information on the web. Keywords: Web,Internet.
Google
One of the most popular search engines. Keywords: Web,Internet.
Guide to Specialized Search Engines
The complete list of guides (with descriptions) to thousands of search engines covering hundreds of subjects. Listed in approximate order of size, specificity of subject categories, and some aspects of search engine collection quality. Keywords: Web,Internet.
Librarians' Search Tools
From the Librarians' Index to the Internet, this site lists several general search engines and indexes, blog and news search engines, and "librarian-built search tools." Keywords: Web,Internet,blog.
Scirus
Scirus is a science-specific search engine and searches over 167 million Web pages and journal articles.
Search Engine Quick Guide
A table that shows the various search engines, how to search them, number of web pages searched, etc. Keywords: Web,Internet.
Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching
A review and comparison of the various search engines available. Keywords: Web,Internet.
SearchEngine Watch
A directory of search engines with "speciality search engines". Keywords: Web,Internet.
W3Schools.com
"Inside W3Schools you will find a large number of free Web building tutorials, from basic HTML and XHTML tutorials, to advanced XML, XSL and WAP tutorials." Keywords: Web,Internet.
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