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The Internet, Section 1Internet Search ToolsSearch Engines1.Individual search engine- uses computer programs called “spiders”,“crawlers”, or “robots” to match key search words with the webpages that contain them.A.The results returned are lists of web pages and titles.B.Does not search the Internet itself, but instead searchesdatabases of information about the internetC.Google.com, Ask.com, Yahoo, Live2.Meta Search Engines- sends requests to several search enginessimultaneously and compiles the results. AltaVista.3.As the results are compiled, duplications are eliminated, thusyielding from results.4.A time saver compared to a regular search engines.5.Google custom search allows users to control their search byspecifying.6.Subject Directions- searchable database that are developed andmaintained by human selection of sites to search board subjectcategorizes and their description.a.Used in research and often limited to library, systems, researchdatabases.b.Mostly made up of specialized databases, such as librarycatalogs.c.Search for non-HTML formats.(PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)d.Results in more reliable pages than search engines.

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Librarysearch.com- a subsidiary of EBSCOhost2.Eric(Education Resources Information Center)3.CRIS (Current Research and Information System)4.Incywincy.com5.Completeoplanet.com6.Googlescholar.comInternet Search Methods