Resources are organized under one or more relevant Library of Congress class numbers and an associated publication format and subject description. The majority of resources incorporated within its collection are monographic or serial works, files, databases or search services. Librarians' Index to the Internet developed and maintained by Carole Leita. Formerly Berkeley Public Library Index to the Internet. Go beyond the search engine to use the powerful subject listings.
Search engines use robots or spiders to locate resources.
There are new search engines every day. Over time, we have learned that it is better to know how to use a few of the best search engines well, rather than try to search using all of them. Different search engines serve different purposes. This is a superb guide you can return to at any time, and read as little or as much as you want each time. When people ask me what books I recommend they read on Internet Searching, I refer them to this site.