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Looking for a specific resource within the Library's database use the search field at the bottom of the eReources page.

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Featured Search Engine:

Google | Search Tips Strengths: Very fast, excellent relevance ranking, clean interface and results display Weaknesses: Ranks pages by number of links to a Web page: obscure pages or less linked pages may not be listed.

Featured Directory:

Yahoo! | Search Tips Strengths: directory search (i.e., sites about the TV show Frasier); finding a top level page (the White House's home page); many sites have short descriptions. Weaknesses: sites are hand picked by their content and less popular or unique information may not be selected for the directory.

Other Searching Tools:

Search Engines: All The Web Lycos Northern Light Medical Search Engines: MedExplorer Meta-Search Engines: Profusion HotBot

Health Sciences Web Site Collections Healthfinder Medscape BioSites MedWeb CliniWeb Health A to Z SUMSearch See also the library's Electronic Resources

General Search Tips:

• try putting your phrase in quotes ("Norris Medical Library")
• try using the plus or minus signs to require the absence or presence of a word (Garfield -cartoon or Garfield +president)
• try more than one search engine.
• capitalize Boolean operators AND, NOT, OR

More searching help:

• Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools and Techniques
• Search Engine Watch
• How Search Engines Work
• Search Engine Feature Comparison Table
• Internet Search Tool Details
• The Scout Toolkit Homepage

Last updated 11/13/02 CE
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