Search+Engines

A search engine is a computer program that searches for key words within the webpages of the World Wide Web.

A search engine will rank these web pages according to the following: a) the **location** of the key words (the key word appears in the headline or first few paragraphs) b) the **frequency** of the key words.

Some search engines also offer web page creators the following: a) "paid inclusion" which ensures that a web page is included when a key word is searched b) "paid placement" which ensures a particular ranking of the web page when a specific key word is searched

A a result, when using a search engine, it is important to include the following: a) use various **Search Skills** to find the information b) be skeptical of the information and understand the importance of **Evaluating Websites** = = =Search Engines= [|Google]

[|Google Scholar] "Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research." [|More information]

[|Yahoo]

[|Bing] =Meta-Search Englines= [|Sweet Search] Internet search engine that returns only webpages that have been reviewed for accuracy and authority by a team of professional researchers at Dulcinea Media, the publishers of the web directory Finding Dulcinea.

[|Metacrawler] "Search the search engines including Google, Yahoo and Bing." [|More information]