• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.85-100
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• 2000

Meta search engines have been used as the first engine because they let users several search engines at once for their queries and give them the search results. The purpose of this study is to examine the features and functions of 17 meta search engines in order that it helps users select and execute effective searches on meta search engines. Each selected engine is analyzed based on the criteria evaluating both meta search engines and general search engines. The results show that each meta search engine has its own characteristics while there are common features among them. It is expected that the results of this study will help users utilize meta search engines and provide meta search engine designer basic ideas.