Yankton Community Library

515 Walnut St.

Yankton, SD 57078

(605) 668-5275

 

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Reference Sites & Search Engines

At the Yankton Community Library, we believe that a library website is only as valuable as its links to other sources - a sort of "one-stop, informational source," if you will. Based on that premise, we've provided you with a list of valuable links to a multitude of sources/web pages.

Recommended List of Search Engines :

Try this link for a list of Internet search engines Search Engines.  It's estimated that about 1 billion individual web sites are currently accessible over the Internet. Each search engine searches only about 1-2% of those pages and finds sites differently - there's even several search engines that look at your query in relationship to recent web site "hits" and prioritizes those hits for you! Look through these links, try out several search engines and see which ones work best for you. Don't forget to use "help" screens/buttons so you know how each search engine works. If you'd like to see how these search engines search, use of Boolean logic (and, or, but, not) and phrasing, visit.  Also, you can run your own search engine test and rate search engines at Searchengineshowdown.   You can also try the following links: More Search Engines, and Searchenginewatch.

Try these two links for an up-to-date listing/linking of all the new and best search engines:

Try these two search engines if you're looking for multimedia or graphic images.

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Local Yankton Sites :

Recommended Reference Sites :

These sites are listed alphabetically, A-Z, by subject and/or topic. A brief description/name of each site is provided along with the hyperlink. The list is not meant to be comprehensive; you should use the search engines listed above to explore additional sites. We hope that you might bookmark this page as a valuable reference tool. For more sites, please visit RPLS Recommended Reference Sites. Please e-mail us with comments and your recommendations for additional sites at jimscholtz@sdln.net.

General Reference Tools :

The Arts/Artists -

Automobiles - New/Used price guides -

Bible Concordance -

Biography -

Country Information/Gazetters -

College sites and College/Financial Aid Information -

Consumer Information -

Currency Converter/Exchange -

Festivals -

Language and Languages (Dictionaries, Thesauri, etc.) -

Manufacturers' and Company Lists -

Phone Books, People Search, E-mail Address Sources -

Maps -

State and U.S. Government Sites -

Zip Codes -

(Books and Reading) -   

C (Careers, Chatgroups, Cultures, Children/Teen Sites, Colleges) -

F (Foreign Languages) -

G (Genealogy, Geography) -

H (Horoscopes) -

I (Investments (Stocks & Mutual Funds)/Pesonal Finance) -

J - Jobs (resumes, employments) -

L - Law (Do-It-Yourself), Legal Research -

M (Medicine/Health/Drugs, Movies, Music) -

P (Patents, Inventions) -

R (Radio, Religion) -

S (South Dakota (High) Schools and Universities, Science, Space Exploration) -

T (Television, Travel, Travel - South Dakota) -

Television Stations -

TV Stations List

Travel Planners/Help -

    Travel - SouthDakota

V (Virtual Libraries) -