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Guide to World Wide Web Search Tools

This is a sampling of search tools available on the World Wide Web. Each search tool works differently from the others, has its own set of features and its own advantages. Please read the help screens provided at each search tool site for full details. Most of these tools support " " for phrase searching, + for a required term, - to exclude a term. Most of the search engines will have a Simple Search and an Advanced or Power Search option.

HINT: To find out more about search engines (updates, comparisons, etc) visit SearchEngineWatch at http://www.searchenginewatch.com/

SUBJECT DIRECTORIES

Lists of selected subject categories. Good for general searches.

Internet Public Library  http://www.ipl.org/

Librarians Index to the Internet http://lii.org/

SEARCH ENGINES 

Huge comprehensive databases. Good for complex searches.                                                      

Ask   http://www.ask.com/

Answers.com   http://www.answers.com/

Google  http://www.google.com/

Yahoo Search  http://search.yahoo.com/ 

META SEARCH ENGINES

Searches databases of other search tools. Good for an overview.

Clusty    http://clusty.com/

Dogpile     http://www.dogpile.com/ 

IxQuick   http://www.ixquick.com/

Kartoo   http://www.kartoo.com/

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