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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
A9	Beaucoup	Ask.com/ natural language - processes questions
AllTheWeb	Digital Librarian	C4.com
Alta Vista	Google Web Directory	DogPile
AOL Search	Librarians' Internet Index	Gimenei
DayPop/ current events and weblogs	LookSmart	Ixquick Metasearch
DayPop/ current events and weblogs	NBCi	Kartoo/ visual interface
Excite	Open Directory	Metacrawler
Google	OpenHere	METAEUREKA
HotBot	WWW Virtual Library	Metagopher
Lycos	Yahoo	Search66
Raging Search		Search.com/ from CNet
Wisenut		Vivisimo
Wisenut		Webcrawler

Search Engines	Subject Directories to Browse	Search Multiple Search Engines at one time
Alta Vista Australia (searches Australia or all the web)	Yahoo: Australia and New Zealand	Search66
Anzwers (searches Australia, New Zealand or world)	OzSearch
Web Wombat (the original Australian search engine)	Sensis
NineMSN WebSearch (can limit to Australia)	Sensis

Askforkids	Originally Ask Jeeves for kids. Processes natural language search terms.
CyberSleuth Kids	An Internet search guide for the K-12 student.
KidsClick!	Web search for kids by librarians.
Kids.net.au	Contains thousands of child safe sites.
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.

Search Engine Colossus	Lists search engines by country and subject.
SearchEngines.com	International directory of search engines. Links to over 300 countries and territories. Can search in other languages.
Singing Fish	Specialised search engine for audio and video content.

Search Engine Watch, Resource Shelf and Search Engine Showdown - contain search engine reviews
Search for a domain name
Ausregistry - search for an Australian domain name
Choosing the best search engine for your information needs
Good overview of Image search engines
FTP Search Engines - a file finding portal

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