Search Strategies for the Internet: Search Tools Summary and Comparison
An updated version of the comparison chart covering Yahoo, Google, Exalead, MSN, Giigablast and Teoma is now available as an HTML file and as a PDF.
I’ve given up trying to restrict it to just one page. There are so many search engine features that are worth mentioning that it now fills two pages.
I found this site via the Internet Resources Newsletter: Issue 129
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn129/irn129.html
“Subject Finder is developed by Teum Teklehaimanot to help students, teachers and lecturers find educational websites easily without being overwhelmed with a huge number of search results. It is designed to search only educational websites which contain tutorials, learning and teaching materials such as Accounting, Arts and Design, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computing, Construction, Counselling, Economics, Electronics, Engineering, Geography, Health, History, Law, Languages, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Reference, Science, Social Science, Sociology, Travel, etc.”
You can browse by subject or carry out a keyword search. Although the site says that it searches only educational web sites, that does not mean it is restricted to academic pages. I found some good quality resources on a number of topics from organisations such as trade and professional associations. I am definitely adding this service to my collection of “specialty” search tools.
An updated version of the
Search Tools Summary and Comparison table is now available on the RBA web site. Additional features in this updated comparison include synonym search, proximity operators and unique features.