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CATALOG SEARCH

 
Search the Internet
Search or browse the Internet using one of the following search engines or directories:
  • Google A popular search engine that uses link analysis to rank web pages; search also for images from this site.
  • AllTheWeb One of the largest indexes of the web; search web pages, news, pictures, videos, MP3 files and FTP files (a.k.a. FAST Search).
  • Alta Vista  One of the oldest crawler-based search engines on the web.
  • Yahoo! An index of web pages that allows you to browse through various topics on the Internet.
  • AskJeeves Pose questions in plain English and receive links to relevant web sites.
  • Teoma This site uses Subject-Specific PopularitySM which ranks a site based on the number of same-subject pages that reference it, not just general popularity, to determine a site's level of authority. 
  • Vivisimo A clustering engine that automatically organizes search or database query results into hierarchical folders.
Students and researchers can find reliable, primary sources for research projects here:
  • For full-text articles, transcripts, maps, images and more, search the library's Online Databases.

For additional sources of information:

Children and students may find the following Internet search tools useful:

  • Kid's Click Created by librarians, this site includes 5,000 sites in various subject categories.
  • Yahooligans For kids ages 7 - 12, this site is the oldest major search directory for children.
  • AskJeeves for Kids Just type in a question to find links to sites that might provide answers.
 
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