The University of Iowa Libraries Xtreme Web Searching

This presentation is available on the Web: http://myweb.uiowa.edu/sostrem/xtreme.html

Presenters: Kathy Magarrell <kathy-magarrell@uiowa.edu> & Steve Ostrem <steve-ostrem@uiowa.edu>

Search Engines

• Google (see advanced operators, part of the Google Guide)
• Teoma
• A9
• elgooG (Google mirror image)
• Search Engine Watch
• Search Engines 2

Meta Search Engines

• Dogpile
• Clusty
• KartOO

UI Libraries Federated Search

• EBSCOhost
• MyLibrary

Specialized Search Engines

• FindSounds
• Scirus
• EEVL (especially EEVL Xtra)
• FirstGov
• Iowa City Assessor Parcel Search

Scholarly Focus

• Google Scholar
• RedLightGreen
• OAIster
• Academic Info

Subject Directories

• Open Directory Project (DMOZ)
• Google Directory (based on DMOZ)
• Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII)
• Hardin MD
• History Network (H-Net)

UI Libraries Databases

• WorldCat
• Digital Dissertations
• RLIN
• CRL
• Ulrich's
• ArchivesUSA

Open Access

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• PubMed Central
• Open Access Bibliography
• Iowa Regent Universities on Crisis in Scholarly Publishing

Searching Guides

• Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial (UC Berkeley)
• SearchAbility

Staying Current

• Search Engine Showdown
• FreePint
• Bloglines (check RSS feeds for ResourceShelf and similar)

Other Interesting Sites

• OneLook Dictionary
• Wikipedia
• Internet Archive
• Soople

Help

• Ask a Librarian

Xtreme Web Searching 2005 Evaluation Form