Meta-search Engines

Rollyo - I'm not sure how reliable this would be working at the Reference desk. It is a neat feature to be able to customize your personal search engine to search specific websites. I found some of the categories provided a little odd, such as Nintendo Cheats (for a kid that is looking for cheat codes for a specific game) or Angelina Jolie (I guess this could be used for somebody doing a biography report). I would "roll my own" search engine, selecting websites that I feel are helpful and credible.

Mamma - Using this search engine is a possibility for me. I would have to play around with it a little more to see if it is retrieving the search results that I want within the first few pages.

Dogpile - I remember being introduced to Dogpile while I was in Library school, but never got in the habit of using it. This is another possible meta-search engine that I might use. The interface seems more user-friendly than the other two, so if I were to use a meta-search engine, I'd most likely use this one.

Plus, you can't beat that cute dog.

I'm a huge Google user, so it would take a lot to lure me away from that site. If Google doesn't work out for one of my searches (like this will happen...), then I will resort to one of these meta-search engines.