Where is Looksmart?

[Shenoy]

Nicholas:

    You will find Looksmart at http://www.looksmart.com/ I found it very
easy to use.  The cites were all very relevant.  Regarding Metacrawler, I
find I get fewer searches but these again are right on the nail. This
certainly saves my time.  Often I find things on Metacrawler that I would
not have found on Altavista. HTH. 

--Ravi

Ravi Shenoy
Reference Librarian
Hinsdale Public Library
Hinsdale, IL  60521

On Thu, 31 
Oct 1996, ROCK THE VOTE IN NOVEMBER 1996 wrote:

> Hello 
> I have been waiting watching searching....where is Looksmart?
> When is it supposed to be up (10-28-96 or so I read, but it isn't).
> Has anyone found it and used it yet?
> 
> Also, I would like to pose a question concerning Metacrawler.  I notice
> that when I do a search and it shows me the retrieval from the various
> engines, it differs vastly from my searches on any one specific engine.
> For example:  say I search "johnny bench".  It tells me (again hypothetically)
> Webcrawler: 9, Altavista: 11, whatever: 0 etc.)  but if I go to Altavista
> and perform a very sgood search, I get, say, 41 for "johnny bench".  Sure,
> maybe all are not so relevant as I'd like, but nonetheless, it is more than
> the 11 reported on Metacrawler for aLTAVISTA.  Comments?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo, MLS
> Bibliographic Instruction Librarian
> Central Connecticut State University Library
> Reference Department
> New Britain, CT  06050
> 
> email=  tomaiuolon at ccsu.ctstateu.edu
> phone=  (860) 832-2068
> fax=    (860) 832-3409
> 
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