| Search Tool |
Information |
Search
Engines and Spiders
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| Alta
Vista |
Use Alta Vista to selectively conduct searches for images, audios and videos. You can search for web sites in over 25 different languages. |
| Google |
You won't need more than Google's easy access to more than 2 billion web pages and many special features to help you to find exactly what you're looking for.
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| Wisenut |
Don't be fooled by the simple interface, you'll be searching 1,571,413,207 Web pages and counting at Wisenut. |
Popular
Directories
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| About.com |
Each site in this unique network is run by a professional Guide who is carefully screened and trained by About. Guides build a comprehensive environment around each of their specific topics, including the best new content, relevant links, How-To's, Forums, and answers to just about any question.
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| Internet Public Library |
Serves the public by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing,
describing, and creating quality information resources. |
| Librarian's Index to the Internet |
A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 10,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. |
| LibrarySpot.com |
Sites featured on LibrarySpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by an editorial team for their exceptional quality, content and utility.
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| Yahoo |
Clear organization and broad coverage. A great place to get
comfortable with the web. You can have a free email account here. |
| Popular
Meta Search Engines |
| Ixquick |
Any of these will enable your search to be conducted
simultaneously in a variety of Internet search tools.
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| MetaCrawler |
| Vivisimo |
Answers
Searching
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| Ask Jeeves |
Your query will generate a list of questions from which you choose the one that most closely relates to the information you are looking for. |
Specialized Search Tools
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| Liszt |
Look for mailing lists here. |
| Google Groups |
Look for usenet groups here.
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Search
Tools for Kids
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| Ask Jeeves For Kids |
Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question in plain English and, after interacting with you to confirm the question, Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one and only one web site that answers your question.
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| Yahooligans |
Provides a kidsafe directory in tune with school curriculum as well as updated features such as news, sports, jokes, and new and cool pages.
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