Matching search engine/tools with a type of library

[Allison Ho]

Hello.  I am a Librarianship student at the University of British Columbia, I 
and I am looking for information to help with a class presentation.

I am wondering if it is possible to match different (types of) search 
engines with different types of libraries/library needs.  Our broad 
categories are public, academic and special libraries, and the five 
main search engines/tools we're looking at are Open Text, Yahoo, 
Alta Vista, Hot Bot and InfoSeek.

Do you have a preference for certain Internet search engines for your 
library's needs (whether or not they are one of the five I just 
listed)?  What type of library do you work with, and Why do 
prefer/think those search engines work better for you/your library?

This is my first contribution ever to an discussion list, and I did 
try to look through the list's archives first.  I apologize if I am 
repeating a recent discussion, or am making some other nasty error.

Thanks!
Allison


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Allison Ho, Graduate Student
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
E-mail: HO at slais.ubc.ca