Search Engines as an Effective Tool for Library Professionals

Akhtar Hussain

doi:10.14429/djlit.35.6.8804

Akhtar Hussain Librarian & Information officer, e-Learning & Distance Learning Deptt, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.35.6.8804

Keywords: Internet search engines, information retrieval, library professional, world wide web, user interfaces

Abstract

Search engine is a computer program that searches documents on the internet containing terms being searched by a user. This study discusses the search engines, an effective tool for library professionals. The study determines the various aspects of Search engine including background of search engines, and how search engines work. Further, it analyses the internet search techniques, i.e., basic, advanced and refine search. The paper highlights the effective use in searching information on internet on the basis of Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT and proximity searching, etc. Finally, it highlights the categories of search engines.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.35.6.8804

Author Biography

Akhtar Hussain, Librarian & Information officer, e-Learning & Distance Learning Deptt, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arbia