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NEW
Subject Guides
- Easley Library (We hope to add more guides in the future.)
Subject
Internet Guides
Search Engines
These are huge databases that are compiled by
digital programs called crawlers. There is no
human evaluation for quality.
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8+ billion
pages, with search results ranked by "popularity" |
Tips for Search Engines:
Use specific words that will be in the pages
you want. All of these search engines accept
quotes (" ") to form phrases, and OR
(capitalized) to search for either of two or
more words or "phrases." |
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3+ billion
pages, with search results ranked by "relevancy" |
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1+ billion
pages, with search results ranked by "subject-based
popularity" |
Subject Directories
These are smaller databases and are compiled and
evaluated by human information experts.
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14+ thousand sites, annotated with
descriptions, classified by subject, and
searchable |
Tips for
Subject Directories:
Browse by subject or search using broad
subject terms. Keep searches simple and
general. |
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100+ thousand sites, annotated with
descriptions, classified by subject, and
searchable |
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25+ thousand sites, classified by academic
disciplines, and browsable by discipline
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DISCLAIMER:
Every effort is made to evaluate web sites,
however, Easley Library is not responsible for content that may be deemed
objectionable by some, in an otherwise quality web site.
Please report broken links to
Lynne Bartlett.
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