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Search the Web - Links to Search Engines & More

Search Engines

Search engines are large databases that index every word or most words on Web pages. Remember: you are not searching the entire Web, just the search engine database fixed in time.

• Google - for searching help, see the Google Cheat Sheet
• Google Scholar - search for "scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports."
• Vivisimo

Meta-Search Engines

These tools search the databases of multiple search engines simultaneously.

• Dogpile
• Ixquick
• Metacrawler

General Subject Directories

Directories group Web sites by categories. Some directories also function as search engines.

• Open Directory Project
• Yahoo!
• Virtual Reference Shelf (Library of Congress)
• Internet Public Library

Specialized Subject Directories

These directories include sites selected according to specific criteria. They feature annotations or site reviews.

• Scout Report
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Infomine

Updated June 2006
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