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Internet Search Engines & Subject Directories
Classes 13 & 14

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Assignments Readings & Resources for the upcoming week
Required reading

Class pack pp 46-49

Subject Directories:  the Best and More (UC Berkeley) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SubjDirectories.html
 

Helpful websites Search Engines

GoogleGuide tutorial
http://www.googleguide.com/

Search Engine Showdown (Features Chart)
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/

Search Engine Watch
http://www.searchenginewatch.com

Google
http://www.google.com

Exalead
http://www.exalead.com/search

Ask
http://www.ask.com/

Subject Directories

ipl2
http://www.ipl.org/

Infomine: Scholarly Internet Collections (UC Riverside)
http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Learning More About Search Engines FAQs
http://www.cln.org/searching_faqs.html

Voice of the Shuttle: UCSB's guide to Scholarly Humanities Resources
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Undergraduate Research Engine
http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=018242335511370675646%3Afavv6aufpec
 

 

Glossary terms bookmarks  (favorites)
 browser (Internet)
directory
domain name
HTTP
hyperlink
 
limits 
 metacrawlers
relevance
search engine
server
subject directory
URL (Uniform Resource 
    Locator)
 
Required activities      Class pack workbook pp 63 & 64

     Work on take-home final exam (see syllabus for due date)

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