ABSTRACT
There are over 3,200 search engines on the Internet, and with so many choices it is not easy to determine which ones find information needed by engineers. This article presents the features and services of ten virtual libraries (also called annotated web directories) that cover engineering networked resources. Large multidisciplinary sites, such as Google and Yahoo, plus smaller sites focused exclusively on engineering or academic subjects, such as the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL) and Infomine, are compared. Methods used to make comparisons include searching the databases to see which common and uncommon engineering resources were included. Additionally, some engineering keywords were searched in each index and the number of results are presented. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: <getinfo@haworthpressinc.com> Website: <https://www.HaworthPress.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.HaworthPress.com> © 2001 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
