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Library Guides

• BMCC Library Subject Guides
  Use our subject guides to familiarize yourself with books, article databases, and websites on your topic.



• Speech and Term Paper Topics
  Contains many links to Websites on current and hot topics.

Search Engines

Use a search engine to find information on the Web. Some of the better known search engines are:

• Google
• Alta Vista
• Ask Jeeves
• Hot Bot
• Teoma
• WiseNut

Meta-Search Engines
Some search engines, so-called meta-search engines, pass queries on to many search engines and/or directories and then summarizes all the results:

• AlltheWeb.com
• Dogpile
• MetaCrawler
• ProFusion
• Vivismo

Subject-Specific Search Engines
There are also many search engines on the Web that specialize in a certain subject area:

• AardvarkTravel: Travel resources
• Academic Reference and Research Index
• GOVBOT: Search engine for U.S. government and military sites
• Business.com: Business search engine
• SCIRUS: Scientific information
• SearchBooks.com: Search engine for books on the Web
• Singingfish: Find audio and video
• Wayback Machine: Web pages archived from 1996 to the present
• AllSearchEngines.co : links to major search engines and topic search engines

Search Engine Guides and Tutorials

• CUNY Tutorial: Overview of the Web
• Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching
• Search Engine Watc
  This site contains a wealth of information about search engines, such as reviews, news, and tutorials.
• Types of Search Tools
  Search engine comparison and search tips.
• Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites and Search Techniques
  In-depth information on Web search tools. This site also has tutorials on how to use directories and search engines.
• Bare Bones 101: A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial
  Covers topics such as evaluating web pages, search tips, and field searching.

Subject Directories

Subject directories are another way to find information on the Web. Unlike search engines, subject directories are maintained by human beings. The resources in directories are often annotated and they are hierarchically structured. Usually, subject directory searches find fewer pages than a search with a search engine.

Some well-known subject directories are:

• About.com
• Academic Info
• Infomine
• Internet Public Library
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Yahoo