Search Engines                          Multi-engine Search Services                     Subject Directories

Search Engines

Use these search engines to search the internet using keywords, names, etc.    Prefer Advanced Search mode, if available.  Directory searches provide access to information by subject groupings.  

Google.  http://www.google.com

Yahoo.  http://www.yahoo.com

Teoma.  http://www.teoma.com

LookSmart.  http://LookSmart.com/

Lycos. http://www.lycos.com

HotBot. http://www.hotbot.com/

All the Web: Fast Search.  http://www.alltheweb.com/

AltaVista. http://www.altavista.com/

MSN Search.  http://search.MSN.com

Multi-engine Search Services

Use these services to search using more than one search engine at a time.

Dogpile.  http://www.dogpile.com

Vivisimo.  http://www.vivisimo.com

Mamma.  http://www.mamma.com

MetaCrawler.   http://www.metacrawler.com

Ixquick.   http://ixquick.com

ProFusion.  http://www.profusion.com/

Subject Directories

Use these subject directories to find highly rated web sites on specific subjects.

Open Directory Project.  http://www.dmoz.org

Google Directory.  http://www.google.com/dirhp

YAHOO.  http://www.yahoo.com/

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections.   http://infomine.ucr.edu/

WWW Virtual Library.  http://www.vlib.org/

Librarians' Index to the internet.  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/

Pinakes (Edinburgh, Scotland).  http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html

To find more information about search engines, visit:   http://www.searchenginewatch.com

Visit the High Library web page (http://www.etown.edu/library) to find information about evaluating, citing (MLA, APA) and searching the web.

Prepared by Joan Quinn
 
 

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