Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Exalead Search Engine

Tired of using the standard search engines such as Google or Yahoo? Try Exalead instead!

Exalead, a newer search engine from France, was released on the Web in 2004. It currently offers the following types of searching: web searches from over eight billion pages for Web sites, Word documents, .pdf
files, etc. and image searches over two billion pages for photographs, illustrations, and icons.

Warning: multiple search terms are processed as an AND operation by default. (Adding more terms will more likely retrieve fewer results.) Prepare to launch a search by reviewing precise truncation and proximity search strategies in Web Search Features. Find images quickly by following search hints in Exalead Images Search Features Search Exalead exact phrases for more accuracy:


EXAMPLE: Type "Ruth Bader Ginsburg" in search box and click Web Search button.
Your Exalead result will include:
- Page title
- Keyword in context extract (or sometimes just a summary)
- Domain name
- File size
- Add to shortcuts link
- Thumbnail screenshot on the left
Click "Only recent results" link for current information. See "Narrow your search" options on the right for links to related materials. Change results display by clicking View icon for "show text only" or "show images and text view."

Personalize Exalead http://www.exalead.com/search search engine by creating shortcuts to your favorite Web sites now! Just click an "Add a shortcut" link and type a URL and/or title in the template. Your shortcuts will be saved and accessible anytime you log onto the same computer you use to create the shortcuts. Access your shortcuts from any Internet-connected computer in the world. Just click "create my account" and your shortcuts will be saved in account preferences.

Find Exalead in the Law Library's Web Research Links under Non-Legal > Search Engines > Exalead.