Internet Search & Evaluation

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Evaluating Internet Sources & Search Tools

To Evaluate the Sources:

To Evaluate the Tools:
Evaluating Info Sources  Internet Tutorials 
Know How: Evaluating Info  Search Engine Showdown 
Interactive Evaluating Info Sources  Search Engine Watch 
Interactive Evaluating Context  Web Search Tools 

Search the Internet 

Search Engines:

Directories:
Ask.com  Infomine  Complete Planet  PINAKEΣ 
Gigablast  Live Search  DMOZ  Yahoo! Directory 
Google  Yahoo  Intute   

Search Tools by Specialty

By Specialty

For Acadmic Focus

 For Image/Video/Audio
BPubs.com (business)  AcademicInfo  Google Images 
Environmental Directory  Infomine (scholarly resources)  OhioLINK DMC* 
Findlaw (legal)  Intute (academic resources)  OAIster 
Literary Resources  MERLOT (multimedia educational resources)  NYPL Digital Gallery 
MedlinePlus (health)  PINAKEΣ (subject directory)  Search22: Picture & Image Search 
Quick Reference  Virtual Learning Resources Center  Video Search 
Scirus (science)  More...  More... 

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