Search Engines

Search engines allow you to search millions of the billion pages (URLs) on the Web by keywords, subjects, phrases, titles, and names. The ones listed below are among the most popular. The major search engines now let you do image searching without keying in an image command. Google has the largest number of images in its image collection. To compare results, use the subject "giraffe" or "Dido and Aeneas." 

AltaVista

Click on Images.
In Search Box, type: giraffe or Dido and Aeneas

Ask Jeeves

In Search Box, type: Where can I find pictures of giraffes? or Dido and Aeneas?
Or click on Search Pictures.

Google

Choose Images.
In Search Box, type: giraffe or Dido and Aeneas

Hotbot

Click on Advanced Search.
In Search Box, type: giraffe or Dido and Aeneas
Scroll down to Image and click box.

Lycos MultiMedia Search (also Fast Search)

Click on Pictures.
In Search Box, type: giraffe or Dido and Aeneas

Metacrawler (Fast Image)

From pull-down menu, choose Images.
In Search Box, type: giraffe or Dido and Aeneas

"A New Era of Search Engines: Not Just Web Pages Anymore," Online, September 2002, 20-27 (Images, p. 26).

 

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