Internet+Search+Skills

Choose the Right Database
|| === [|Google], [|Infotopia], [|Teoma]  === ||
 * === Database === || === How does it work? === || === Useful Features === || === Examples === ||
 * === Search Engine === || === A program that searches web content for keywords, indexes information within sites and ranks sites. === || Google
 * === Meta-Search Engine === || === A search engine that queries others and combines results. === ||  || ====  [|Dogpile], [|Yippy]  ====

[|Search Credible]
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 * === Subject Directory === || === People organize content by subject. Subject "trees" start with a few main categories and then branch out into subcategories, topics, and subtopics. === ||  || ====**  [|IPL2], **====

** [|Finding Dulcinea] **
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 * === Subscription Database === || === Password protected, dynamically assembled content that is included based on criteria. === ||  || === Databases === ||


 * [|Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative Resources]**

[|Wolfram Alpha] Computational Knowledge Engine
 * Knowledge Engine**

Top Sites for Web Site Credibility
[|Alexa] Search a web address to find other sites that link to it. [|DomainTools.com] Tells you about domain ownership. [|Internet Country Codes] Listing of Countries 2-digit codes. [|Internet Archive] Actively building a digital archive of the Internet from 1996 to a few minutes ago. Free access to researcher and the general public.

 [|How to Search the Web] From Finding Dulcinea
 * General Guide:**

**Resources from Mrs. Sekiguchi:**
Webtoolswiki