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Search Engines

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

Search Engines -
External Link Features		 Subject Directories to Browse -
External Link How they Work		 Search Multiple Search Engines at one time -
External Link 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 Gimenei
Excite Librarians' Index to the Internet Ixquick Metasearch
LookSmart Kartoo / Visual interface
Google Lycos/Hotbot Mamma
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

Australian Search Engines

Search Engines Subject Directories to Browse Search Multiple Search Engines at one time
Alta Vista Australia (searches Australia, N.Z. or all the web) Yahoo: Australia and New Zealand Search66.com / Search 10 engines at once.
Anzwers (searches Australia or select an area) OzSearch
Web Wombat (searches Australia/N.Z. or all the web) LookSmart Australia
NineMSN WebSearch (searches Australia or select an area)  
   

Search Engines for Kids

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

Other Search Engine Listings

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

Search.com more than 100 different ways to search the Web
Search Engine Colossus lists search engines by country and subject
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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