A Good Enough Search
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Choose a good enough search for your purpose
| Information need | Search strategy |
| I need a few good hits fast. | Google relevant hits with bolded terms. Caches pages in case the site is unavailable. |
| I have an topic and need to explore and focus it. | Librarians' Index to the Internet - "a thinking person's Yahoo"¹ |
| I have general keywords and need help refining my search strategy. | HotBot SuperSearch's fill-in template sharpens your search. |
| I bet this search has been done before. | Ask Jeeves! has prepared answers to common questions - ask in natural language. |
| I need books and articles for a school research project. | Nueva's Library catalog resources for the school's curriculum. Gale's databases of documents, magazine articles and news (password needed) contains valuable information for every searcher. |
| I need current information. | Yahoo Full Coverage news organized by editors Northern Lights Special Editions background news updated with one-click, preformed searches. |
| I need almanac-type facts. | Information Please almanac facts CIA World Factbook country facts |
| I need images or sounds. | Google Image Search over 150 million digital images FAST Multimedia Search - images, audio, video |
| I need a map. | National Geographic Maps - physical, political and printable |
| I need a virtual librarian. | Ask Kids'Connect |