Search Engines
Basic
Map Searches
Several Search Engines at Once
- Dogpile
- Metacrawler
- Search.com
- Beaucoup - more than 1200 listings of engines & directories
- WebCrawler
PreScreened-Evaluated Searches
- Open Directory Project
- Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections. Librarian selection
- Internet Public Library (IPL2)
University of Texas Search Page
UT Search Tools: The following searches are available:
- Search the UT Web with Google
- UT Directory
- Area Yellow Pages
- People Search
- Job Search
- UT Maintained Indexes
Medical Search Engines
Miscellaneous Search sites
- FedWorld
- FindLaw
- Government Search--limited to government related sites, federal and state
- USA.gov
- L-Soft (catalog of LISTSERV lists)
Book Search
- ClinIC--full text medical/nursing books for UT students only
- Library Catalog
Search Tips
- Use the search engines' Help
- Try more than one search engine. Will get different results.
- Many engines search phrases by using quotes around the words
- Most search engines allow the use of a specific symbol--usually an asterisk(*) to act as a wild card. For example Invest*
- Can use boolean operators: and, or, not
- Bookmark your good search results