Student
Search Engines
Student engines are databases of WWW sites that have been reviewed to contain appropriate content for the K-12 level. The definition of "appropriate" obviously varies by student age-group and community standards, but they are normally useful and recommended. |
Directory
Search Engines
Directory search engines are databases of web pages that have been categorized and manually entered into a directory
by editors of a search engine. These
search engines continually "crawl" the web with special software
to look for new sites and updates. Directory
searches are good for locating information that can be categorized. |
Index
Search Engines
Index search engines are a database of the words on web pages that are automatically updated. These
search engines continually "crawl" the web with special software
to look for new sites and updates. Since Index search engines are
continually updated you are more likely to find the most recent information on these searches. |
Meta
Search Engines
A Meta search engine searches multiple search engines and returns the most relevant results of each. A meta search
engine will search through Directories, Indexes and other Meta search
tools for you. |
People
Search Engines
A People search engine searches for a persons name, address
and phone number. Some also provide directions to an address and email
information of the person you are looking for. |
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