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Search Engines & Directories

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Search Engines(11)  Directories(10)  Filtered Searches(8)  Metasearch


Search Engines
Alta Vista
Web and newsgroup search engine.
Dogpile
Searches through several search engines until 10 matches are found. Allows use of boolean and proximity operators.
FAST Search
Search news, web pages, pictures, videos, mp3 files, and ftp files.
Google
Uses text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant.
HotBot
Offers a point-and-click interface, pulldown menus, and the ability to use plain English terminology for constructing searches.
Lycos
Develops and provides online guides to locate and filter information on the Internet.
Metacrawler
Metasearch tool utilizing multiple search engines to deliver cumulative results.
Proteus Search - Virtual Keyboard
Javascript-enhanced all-in-one search engine.
Scrub The Web
Search tool allows users to find sites using keywords.
Search Engine Watch
Engine that relies on web surfing for quality searching results. Searchers vote on sites.
WebCrawler
Compilation of Web sites, indexed by subject and reviewed by editors with specific areas of expertise.

Search Directories
About.com
Expert guidance from real people searching the Internet for the information, goods, and services that you need to know related to your passion.  
Academic Info
Links to informational resources about all the educational disciplines. Browse by subject or search by keyword.  
Ask Jeeves
Real-language search engine lets users ask questions without knowledge of Boolean search techniques.
BUBL Link
Subject guide to academic, high quality web resources. All resources are evaluated, selected and annotated by librarians.
Digital Librarian
Maintained by a librarian based in New York, this directory offers organized categories of Web sites.
Freeality Internet Search
Directly access hundreds of search engines in a variety of areas to find the exact Internet Site you need.
INFOMINE
Provides an academic search engine comprised of electronic journals, books and online library card catalogs.  
Internet Public Library
Gathers links to reference materials covering computers, law, science, entertainment and education. Features sections for kids and teenagers.  
Internet Scout Project
Search service caters to the education community. Find reports and news features on business, science, and the social sciences.  
Librarian selected and annotated index to the Internet, updated weekly.
Yahoo!
Portal providing a category-based Web directory.

Filtered Searches
Alta Vista (must activate)
Activate the search filter for family friendly searching.
Family Friendly Search
Allows users to search with a number family friendly search engines with just one click.  
Google (must activate)
Activate the search filter for family friendly searching.
Linkopedia
An internet search engine providing clean, relevant search results.
Onekey
A child-safe search engine.
PeaKaBoo
Family friendly searching.
SurfSafely
Family-friendly index captures PICS-rated sites selected for viewing by all ages, in 15 areas including literature, and free software.  
zworks
Zworks Meta Search - Search the major search engines for clean, filtered, searches of the web.