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Searching the Internet

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Search Engines

To search the Internet click on one of the search engines below.

Search Engines - Features	Subject Directories to Browse - How they Work	Search Multiple Search Engines at one time - How they Work
AllTheWeb	Beaucoup	Ask Jeeves / Natural language - processes questions
Alta Vista	Digital Librarian	C4.com
AOL Search	Google Web Directory	DogPile
DayPop /current events and weblogs	InvisibleWeb	Gimenei
Excite	Librarians' Index to the Internet	Ixquick Metasearch
FAST Search	LookSmart	Kartoo / Visual interface
Google	Lycos/Hotbot	Mamma
Guidebeam	MSN Search	Metacrawler
HotBot	NBCi	METAEUREKA
Lycos	Open Directory/ Also available in Alta Vista and Google Web Directory	Metagopher
Raging Search/ from Alta Vista	OpenHere	Search66
Teoma	WWW Virtual Library	Search.com/ from CNet
Wisenut	Yahoo	Vivisimo
		Webcrawler

Search Engines	Subject Directories to Browse	Search Multiple Search Engines at one time
Alta Vista Australia (searches Australia, N.Z. or all the web)	Aussieseek	Search66.com / Includes Australian search engines - Anzwers, LookSmart Australia, OzSearch, nineMSN, Excite Australia, WebWombat, Yahoo Australia and the Australian content in Alta Vista, Google, Hotbot, Fast Search, Open Directory, Northern Light and Go.com
Anzwers (searches Australia or select an area)	Cowleys Australian Web Index
GoEureka / Previously Alta Vista. Searches Australia, N.Z. or all the web	LookSmart Australia
NineMSN WebSearch (searches Australia or select an area)	NTSearch: the Northern Territory Search Point
Web Wombat (searches Australia/N.Z. or all the web)	OzSearch
	Yahoo: Australia and New Zealand

CyberSleuth-kids	An Internet search guide for the K-12 student
KidsClick!	Web search for kids by librarians
Kids.net.au	The site contains over 20,000 child safe sites, and over 4000 categories.
Kidtastic	Search engine and subject directory
Yahooligans!	The web guide for kids

Below are listings of general and specialist search engines to browse in addition to the engines above.

Annotated Guide to WWW Search Engines	Australian National University
Search.com	more than 100 different ways to search the Web
Search Engine Colossus	lists search engines by country and subject
Search Engines Worldwide	lists search engines by country
SearchEngines.com	lists general, world & category search engines, directories and reference sites. Includes tips for promoting and submitting sites and on searching
Singing Fish	Specialised search engine for audio and video content

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