Online Research: Search Tools

Search Engines

• Google
• AlltheWeb
• Alta Vista
• Northern Light
• Excite
• Ask Jeeves
• SearchTurtle
• Teoma

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Directories

• Yahoo
• Lycos
• Go.Com
• LookSmart

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Metasearch Engines (search many search engines at the same time)

• The Big Hub
• Dogpile
• Ixquick
• Metacrawler
• Profusion
• Searches.Com

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Search Tools that help narrow a topic

• Guidebeam

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Specialty Search Tools

• Search Engine Guide to special search tools
• Amazing Picture Machine
• Ditto Image Search
• FindSounds
• Internet Archive - Archived internet pages

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