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Search engines

Most popular search engines*

| Google | Yahoo | Bing| Ask | AOL Search |

Scholarly search engines

| Google Scholar | Windows Live Search Academic | Scirus

Australian search engines

| Anzwers Australia & NZ | Sensis | Web Wombat |

Meta search engines

| Dogpile | Ixquick | Metacrawler | MetaEureka!! | Webcrawler |

Search techniques

Basic techniques and Boolean searching will dramatically improve your results

Evaluating your results

Always apply these criteria: authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage

Ask your librarian to show you how to search effectively

Get expert help with searching

* according to Search Engine Watch