In message <l03110703b23127e7b561@[130.159.120.28]>, Sheila Webber
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I also was thinking about the Alta Vista Europe site, and the problems
>highlighted by Karen. Now that UK universities are being charged for access
>to transatlantic sites, we're being encouraged to use sites nearer to home:
>but I'm not going to recommend my students to use a search engine that's
>duff, so I'll probably refer them to the US site or another engine.
Further on this point from Sheila, I've recently updated an article I
wrote a while ago on UK search engines - I've compared about 7 of them
for functionality and comprehensiveness. Its not very scientific, but it
may be of some interest to people looking for UK based search engines.
The URL is:
http://www.philb.com/ukengine.htm
Phil.
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**Coming Soon - The Advanced Internet Searchers Handbook. LA Publications**
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