Literacy. FOI. Overload. Foi.mysociety.org. Librarian's Ultimate Guide to Search Engines - DegreeTutor. Librarians were the ultimate search engines before the web took over.
Librarians are trusted, credible sources finding and delivering information as they witness, search, organize, and catalog information. Online research and the power of the web have made information only fingertips away from all of us, but the taxonomies and standards used for search will impact how people learn online for years to come. Below are some of the things librarians understand about search - and things that anyone doing online research can benefit from. History of Search Engines.