The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines

Yes, there are search engines except Google and Yahoo. Here is a list of top 100 alternative search engines.  Check it. 

• A9
• AOL
• AURA!
• blinkx
• boing
• bookmach.com
• BOXXET
• ChaCha
• ClipBlast!
• Clusty
• collarity
• CometQ
• CONGOO
• d e c i p h o
• del.icio.us
• digg
• digg labs swarm
• Ditto
• dumbfind
• exalead
• factbites
• fazzle
• FEEDS|2.0
• Feedster
• FindSounds
• GIGABLAST
• girafa
• gnn o d
• GoDefy
• goshme
• GoYams
• grokker
• ICEROCKET
• ixquick
• KartOO
• last.fm
• Lexxealpha
• like
• LiveDeal
• liveplasma
• Local.com
• lurpo
• MetaGlossary
• mnemomap
• Mojeek
• Mooter
• MrSAPO
• MS. DEWEY
• nayio
• Octora
• OiHoi Search
• Pagebull
• PlanetSearch
• pluggd
• PODZINGER
• Previewseek
• pronto.com
• QTsearch
• Quintura
• Releton
• retrevo gamma
• riya
• ROLLYO O
• SearchTheWeb2
• SEEQPOD
• sidekiq
• Simply Google
• Singing FISH
• Slideshow
• Slifter
• soople
• Speegle
• Sphider
• SPURL.net
• S R C H R
• SurfWax
• Swoogle
• TagJag!
• thefind.com
• Trexy
• turboscout
• UJIKO
• url.com
• VMGO.com
• Web 2.0
• Webaroo
• WEBBRAIN
• What to RENT?
• whonu?
• WIKIO
• WiseNut
• Yahoo! MINDSET
• yoono
• yoople
• yubnub
• YuFind
• ZABASEARCH
• zapmeta
• Zippy
• ZUULA

Credit: Charles S. Knight, SEO, Read Write Web

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Basic Library Skills

You need to Know these things	So you can do these things
Resource materials and services available to you. How to distinguish citations to books from citations to periodicals. How to use a library catalog and how to interpret the information you find there. How to use electronic databases and how to interpret the information you find there. How to think in categories and use such aids as Library of Congress subject headings. How to distinguish and correctly understand call numbers and shelving order. How to use Boolean Operators “AND,” “OR,” and “NOT.” How to keyboard and mouse. The basic types of information sources. The purpose of reference librarians. How to cite print and non-print sources. Glossary of library terms and Internet terms.	Take advantage of available resources and develop a reasonable level of self-reliance. Determine whether to use the library catalog for books or a periodical database for periodical articles. Locate books by author, title, subject, keyword, or call number in a library catalog. Navigate through electronic databases. Choose valid subject headings, which are appropriate to your desired topic. Retrieve circulating books and reference materials from library shelves. Search electronic databases, including library catalogs and the Internet, for information in a systematic manner. Use the computer to access the library catalog, electronic databases, and the Internet. Do research on a systematic way. Ask for help when you need it, rather than trying to figure everything out by yourself. Do a works cited page. Understand the language used in doing research.
Courtesy: Dallas TeleCollege Library and Richland College Library.

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