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A Helpful Guide To Search Engines

AltaVista Inconsistencies

Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Search Engines

Ancestry.com - And, Or, and Parenthesis: The Basics of Boolean Logic for the Genealogist from the Ancestry Daily News 19 Jan 1999

This article contains an overview of ands and ors and how to use them to structure search engine queries.

Beginning Genealogy - Googling Your Ancestors

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs

Classroom Connect - Connected Teacher - Search Tips

Desperately Seeking Susan OR Suzie NOT Sushi

From the NY Times web site. Requires registration which is free.

Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL

From the UC Berkeley Teaching Library Internet Workshops. Includes Search Engines, Subject Directories, Meta-Search Engines, Invisible Web, Evaluating Web Pages: Why and How, and more.

Genealogy Searching on the Internet

Genealogy's Star: Comparing Genealogical Search Engines

Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet

Internet Genealogy Surfing Techniques

Materials towards a preliminary selective bibliography/webliography of search engines

On the Net, Search Engine Inconsistencies

ResearchBuzz News

News and information about search engines, databases, and other online information.

Search Engine Showdown

Search Engine Watch

SearchEngines.com - Search Engine Rankings and Web Site Promotion Tips

Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques (Version 4.0 - Fall 1999)