Choosing the Best Search Engine for your Information Needs Lynn Hoffman Allen County Public Library ILF District 3 Meeting – April 26, 2007

Guides are out there already! How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory http://www.internettutorials.net/choose.html Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html Search Engine Showdown http://www.searchengineshowdown.com Has search engine reviews and a comparison chart.

Guides are out there already!

How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory

http://www.internettutorials.net/choose.html

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

Search Engine Showdown

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com

Has search engine reviews and a comparison chart.

Get out of your Google rut. Ten Reasons Librarians Should Use Ask.com Instead of Google http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/09/ten_reasons_lib.html Research Beyond Google http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google The Deep Web http://www.internettutorials.net/deepweb.html

Get out of your Google rut.

Ten Reasons Librarians Should Use Ask.com Instead of Google

http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/09/ten_reasons_lib.html

Research Beyond Google

http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google

The Deep Web

http://www.internettutorials.net/deepweb.html