SD110,
Spring 2011
Library
Assignment: Search Engines and Reference Databases
Prof. Di Su
Search Engines
AltaVista
- the widest range of power
search functions, e.g. phrase, Java applets
Bing – by Microsoft
Blekko - edited lists
of Web sites slashtags
CompletePlanet
- searches "sources in the deep Web."
Google - the most popular
HotBot - precision
Scirus.com - a search engine “for
scientific information only.”
Starting Point - fast search speed
StumbleUpon -
push search and discovery of info without a query
Theoma Web Search - owned and operated by IAC Search & Media, Inc.
WebCrawler - small in scope, but relevant in
result
Yahoo! - founded in
1994
Meta-Search Engines
DogPile - searches
25 search engines
Highway61 - selected search engines only
Ixquick Metasearch - fast and smart, customizable.
Mamma - searches Web, Usenet, news, stock symbols,
and company names
MetaCrawler -
one of the earliest meta-search engines, “search the search
engines”.
Search Engine Evaluation Criteria
Criteria should include, but not be limited to the following.
Speed
Accuracy
Relevancy
Depth
Web Site Evaluation Criteria
Criteria should include, but not be limited to the following.
Authority
Accuracy
Currency
Coverage
Accessibility
Design
Convenience
Content
Library Resources Homepage
http://www.york.cuny.edu/library
Books (print and electronic)
http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F/?func=find-b-0&local_base=york
http://www.york.cuny.edu/library/reference-databases/e-books
Articles (print and electronic)
http://www.york.cuny.edu/library/reference-databases/full-text-databases
Created: 3/10/11 Updated: 4/25/11
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