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Recommended Books
Come check out the new books in the media center!

Recommended Research Sites
[|www.altavista.com] - This is the search engine recommended by Dr. Mulligan [|www.clusty.com] - A meta search engine that searches top search engines and "clusters" the results

How do I know what search engine I should use? above information came from the following article: http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/dewitt4.php
 * When you need a broad topic that needs to be narrowed, use Yahoo or Northern Light
 * If you need a summary about the topic before going to the page, use Excite
 * If you want the advantage of using multiple search engines in one, use Dogpile
 * If you need a very specific search on a specific topic, use AltaVista
 * If scientific information is needed, use AltaVista
 * If you want to ask a question as a sentence, use Ask Jeeves or Infoseek
 * If the information you need is a proper name, use AltaVista or Infoseek
 * If the web pages you need has a certain domain (for example, .edu), use HotBot