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This page contains selected Internet Search Tool Sites. If there
are other related Internet sites that you would like added to this page, please
contact the Webmaster.
Internet Search Engines
- Google - Ranks searches
based on number of links to a page. Best for relevancy of results.
- AltaVista - Very large
database with two modes of searching, Simple and Advanced. Use the Advanced
Search to refine search and extract documents.
- Librarian's Index to the Internet
- A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,500 Internet
resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of
public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians
as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet
resources.
- Northern Light -
Searches the web and full-text publications and places returns in subject
folders, some information only available for a fee.
- HotBot - Can group
results, Direct Hit gives most popular, Media type can search for pages
containing specific technologies like JavaScript or Shockwave or images, audio,
etc.
- Excite - News
search, current news of over 300 magazines and newspapers.
- Yahoo - Large subject
directory, best to Search rather than guess the category.
Internet Meta-Search Engines
- Cyber411 - C4 has made
searching as easy as talking. For example, just type in: "What is the lifespan
of an African Elephant?" and click the search button. The most relevant results
on the Internet are on their way to you.
- Dogpile - Queries over 18
search engines and specialty search sites, along with Dogpile's own catalog,
giving amazing results in a seemingly endless list of Web Sites.
- MetaCrawler -
Searches AltaVista, Excite, Google, Infoseek, Lycos, Yahoo, LookSmart,
About.com, and more.
- Ixquick - Searches AltaVista,
Fast Search, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, MSN, Yahoo & more; Great
feature: Aggregates and ranks results and eliminates duplicates.
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