Search Engines - Ref. list

[Roy Tennant]

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reviewing the resources cited. Thanks Rowan!
Roy

 On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Rowan Brownlee wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Below is a list of some sites containing articles, papers, 
> evaluations and descriptions of various search engines. 
> 
> I started with the Berkeley Public Library Search page at 
> 
> http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/bpl/bkmk/search.html
> 
> I also quickly searched the web4lib archive at 
> 
> http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive.html
> 
> 
> 
> Alta Vista vs. Lycos
> http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/ariadne/issue2/engines/
> Article from Ariadne
> (comparison done at the end of February/start of March 1996). 
> 
> Evaluating Quality on the Net
> http://challenge.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html
> This is an updated version of "Evaluating the Quality of Information
> on the Internet or Finding a Needle in a Haystack" delivered at the
> John F. Kennedy School of Government,  Harvard University, Cambridge,
> Massachusetts, September 6, 1995.
> 
> Find It On The Net
> http://www.pcworld.com/reprints/lycos.htm
> >From the January 1996 Issue of PC World
> 
> Internet resource evaluation: A discussion of review sites
> http://www.wilpaterson.edu/home/staff/kwagner/eval.htm
> "What follows is a discussion of three Internet resources which, in
> turn, provide evaluation of Internet resources. As the numbers of
> Internet sites continue to increase by hundreds of thousands per year,
> such evaluative tools will become increasingly important for the
> conduct of useful and effective information gathering from this
> medium." Magellan - McKinley's Internet Directory Point GNN (Global
> Network Navigator) Voices -   Web Review
> 
> Internet: Search Engines: Powering Through the Internet
> http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/internet/search/index.html
> Neil Randall
> >From PC Computing, September 1995
> Reviews and rates 14 major search engines.
> 
> Searching the World Wide Web with Lycos and InfoSeek
> http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ucs/docs/fur14/fur14.html
> "This document aims to provide a comparison between the Lycos search
> tool and the InfoSeek search tool, and attempts to ascertain which
> tool provides the most effective mechanism for searching WWW
> resources, using a number of different indicators."
> 
> Web Matrix: What's the Difference?
> http://www.sils.umich.edu/~fprefect/matrix/answers.html
> Describes differences between subject directories and search engines
> 3/4/96 
> 
> Web Search Strategies
> http://www.mispress.com/websearch/webstoc.html
> Table of Contents from Carole Leita's new book.  Chapter 4 is online
> 
> World Wide Web Indexes - a Study
> http://www.winona.msus.edu/services-f/library-f/webind.htm
> Article evaluating Infoseek, Lycos, Webcrawler and WWWWorm.
> Includes later comments and criticism of the study
> 
> World Wide Web searching tools - an evaluation
> http://www.bubl.bath.ac.uk/BUBL/IWinship.html
> Article that compares and evaluates the World Wide Web Worm, Web
> Crawler, Lycos, Harvest, Galaxy and Yahoo
> This paper appears in VINE (99) 1995, 49-54
> 
> Internet Search Tool Details (Digital Library SunSITE)
> http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Help/searchdetails.html
> Explanatory information provided by a number of the major search
> tools.  Includes type of databases, contents, search options, update
> frequency and how results are displayed. Covers : | Yahoo | Galaxy |
> Alta Vista | Infoseek Guide | Open Text Web Index | Lycos | Last
> update 1/23/96
> 
> List and Analysis of Web Robots
> http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/general/robots.htm
> Last update: 3/1/96
> 
> The Matrix
> http://www.sils.umich.edu/~fprefect/matrix/matrix.shtml
> "This collection represents my evaluation and opinion of many of the
> most popular Web search engines and subject catalogs. Although ideally
> suited as a guide for the Internet novice, it also serves as a
> checklist for experienced netsurfer's and information specialists who
> want specific features or value-added services." Information, links to
> and evaluations of approx 30 subject catalogues and search engines
> 4/5/96
> 
> The ZD Net Trailblazer: Internet Search Sites
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdi/tblazer/iserch.html
> 
> Understanding WWW Search Tools
> http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/search/
> An overview of some of the major search engines.  Lists features and
> includes comments and tips for searching First Draft: September 1995
> First Update: February 1996 
> 
> Robots in the Web: threat or treat?
> http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/threat-or-treat.html
> Reprinted with permission from ConneXions, Volume 9, No. 4, April
> 1995. 
> 
> Wide Web Robots, Wanderers, and Spiders
> http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html
> This page is devoted to learning as much about spiders, their uses and
> problems.
> 
> Rowan Brownlee
> CD-ROM Librarian
> General Reference Library
> State Library of New South Wales
> Macquarie St. Sydney NSW 2000
> Australia
> rowanb at ilanet.slnsw.gov.au
>