Chapter 3 Searching for Information Hyperlinks to the URLs mentioned in this chapter
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• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 117 S.Ct, 2329, 139 L.Ed.2d 874 (1997) http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-511.ZO.html
• "Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Networks: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights," http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/electacc.html
• "About the Vatican Library Exhibit"

FYI The Major Search Engines

• All the Web http://www.alltheweb.com
• AltaVista http://altavista.com
  
• Direct Hit http://directhit.com
  
• Google http://www.google.com
  
• HotBot http://hotbot.lycos.com
  
• Lycos http://www.lycos.com
• Annotated List of Selected Search Tools http://www.webliminal.com/search/appendix_a1.htm

FYI Search Engine Information on the World Wide Web

• Search Engine Guide - Components to Search Engine Guide: * Search Engines * Knowledge Base * Vendor Directory * Newsletters http://www.searchengineguide.com/

• Search Engine Showdown - " Search Engine Showdown, the users' guide to Web searching, compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the searcher's perspective. Developed originally as a way to keep track of the search engines and share that information, the site has grown to include * Search engine features chart * Detailed search engine reviews * An online newsletter * Statistical analysis * Search strategies" http://www.notess.com/search/

• Search Engine Watch - "Search Engine Watch provides tips and information about searching the web, analysis of the search engine industry and help to site owners trying to improve their ability to be found in search engines. The site was created by Danny Sullivan, an Internet consultant and journalist who continues to maintain the site for internet.com. He is assisted by associate editor Chris Sherman. " http://searchenginewatch.com

• UNDERSTANDING AND COMPARING WEB SEARCH TOOLS
  http://web.hamline.edu/Administration/Libraries/search/comparisons.html

FYI More About How Search Engines Work

• How Software Agents and Search Engines Work - webreference.com http://webreference.com/content/search/how.html

• Methods of Indexing - by Scott Nicholson. http://www.askscott.com/sec1.html#methods

• Robot-Driven Search Engines: A Bibliography - "This bibliography attempts to cover some of the resources available on the World Wide Web and in print which describe robot-driven search engines." http://lisweb.curtin.edu.au/staff/gwpersonal/senginestudy/sengbib.htm

• The Web Robots pages - "Web Robots are programs that traverse the Web automatically. Some people call them Web Wanderers, Crawlers, or Spiders. These pages have further information about these Web Robots. " A collection of resources about Web robots or spiders. http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/robots.html

FYI Popular Meta-Search Tools

• Ixquick - Related searches and rating of results providec. http://ixquick.com

• Vivisimo - Clustering of results. Very nice. http://vivisimo.com/

• CNET Search.com http://www.search.com/

• Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/

• fossick.com - The Web Search Alliance Directory http://www.fossick.com/

• MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html

• ProFusion http://profusion.com/

FYI Information About Copyright and Intellectual Property

• Copyright Website - "This portal provides real world, practical and relevant copyright information for anyone navigating the net. Launched on May Day '95, the Copyright Website strives to lubricate the machinations of information delivery. As spice is to Dune, information is to the Web; the spice must flow." http://www.benedict.com

• The Intellectual Property Law Server - "The intellectual property law server provides information about intellectual property law including patent, trademark and copyright. Resources include comprehensive links, general information, space for professionals to publish articles and forums for discussing related issues." http://www.intelproplaw.com/

• Copyright Basics - Publication by the US Copyright Office http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html

• INFORMATION POLICY: Copyright and Intellectual Property - "Bibliography, Periodicals, Organizations and Copyright Collections, Copyright Policies: Selected Examples, International Instruments, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe" http://www.ifla.org/II/cpyright.htm

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