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Discover an array of advanced search tools that go beyond Google in this informative presentation. Explore websites like Ask.com, Chacha.com, Exalead, and more, each offering unique features such as smart answers, visual searches, and specialized databases for health and academic queries. Learn how to enhance your search capabilities with Boolean operators, fuzzy search, and advanced ranking options. Ideal for students and researchers looking to expand their online search resources and refine their information retrieval skills.
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Searching Beyond LIU ASIS Student Chapter Heting Chu http://myweb.cwpost.liu.edu/hchu/BeyondGoogle.ppt February 21, 2007
Beyond the Regular Search • Ask.com • Smart Answers • Preview of homepages • Live.com • Results ranking in Advanced Search • Yahoo! • Shortcuts (http://search.yahoo.com/osc/help) • Livesearch (http://livesearch.alltheweb.com) February 21, 2007
Beyond North America • Exalead.com • Resources from European countries • Shortcuts on homepage • Unique features in Advanced Search • Soundslike:bear • Spellslike:theatre February 21, 2007
Beyond the Machine-Powered • Search With Guide • Chacha.com • Yahoo! Answer • http://answers.yahoo.com February 21, 2007
Beyond Boolean Search • Internet Archive • http://www.archive.org/advancedsearch.php • Weighted search (Boosting a term) • image^3 indexing • Fuzzy search • buttonwood~ • bookmark~ February 21, 2007
Beyond Words as Queries - Visual Search - • Shop by appearance • http://www.like.com • Navigate the tag cloud • http://www.quintura.com • Search Wikipedia via an interactive map • http://en.pediax.org February 21, 2007
Beyond Uncategorized Results • For general information • Clusty.com • http://www.gokita.com • For health information • Healia.com • For company information • http://www.searchmash.com February 21, 2007
Beyond the Age-Irrelevant User • For kids • http://kids.quintura.com • For 50+ • http://www.cranky.com February 21, 2007
Beyond Google Maps • AAA • http://www.aaany.com • Yahoo! Maps (maps.yahoo.com) • Construction, real time traffic February 21, 2007
Beyond Google’s Definitions • Metaglossary • http://www.metaglossary.com/ • New York Times (www.nytimes.com) • Double-click a word, phrase, etc. February 21, 2007
Beyond Goolge Book Search • One search, three sites • http://kokogiak.com/booksearch/ February 21, 2007
Powerset.com The newest rising star in the search universe? February 21, 2007
For more Internet search tools Visit http://myweb.cwpost.liu.edu/hchu/search-site.html February 21, 2007