What Search Engine Should I use?

Narrow a broad topic

^{Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com}

^{Teoma  http://www.teoma.com}

^{Google: http://www.google.com}

Pinpoint search (full text search not just fields)

Evaluated sites (people look at them)

^{LookSmart http://www.looksmart.com}

^{About   http://www.about.com}

^{Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu/   (more scholarly information)}

Media type

^{Ixquick: http://wwwixquick.com  (mp3)}

Scientific Information

What is available on the Internet?

(metaengines, these engines search selected search engines)

^{Dogpile: http://www.dogpile.com}

^{Vivisimo: http://www.vivisimo.com}

^{Ixquick: http://www.ixquick.com/}

Information on a proper noun

(these sites recognize case i.e. upper and lower letters)

The Invisible Web

(those sources not available from regular search engines for a variety of reasons)

Mapped display of results

(requires flash player)

Specialized searches:

^{Uncle Sam for US government sources only: http://www.google.com/unclesam}

^{For Microsoft related sites: http://www.google.com/microsoft.html}

^{For Apple related sites:}

^{http://www.google.com/mac.html}