Lists
of subject specific websites may be found in the Subject
Guides. |
| General
Search Engines |
Description |
| Bing |
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| Gigablast |
|
| Google |
Top-rated search
engine for relevancy; "refreshes" indexed web pages more frequently
than most other search engines. |
| HotBot |
Another version
of the Yahoo! database. Can choose between databases Hotbot (Yahoo!), Google,
or Ask Jeeves (Teoma). |
| MSN |
Microsoft's search engine |
| Viewzi |
Searches images on the Internet, including images of web pages. |
| Wisenut |
Human reviewers
judge quality of webpages indexed based on links to other pages. |
| Yahoo |
Top-rated search
engine for relevancy; result lists include human-reviewed titles and descriptions.
Owns AlltheWeb, AltaVista, Inktomi, and Overture. |
| Academic Search Engines |
Description |
| Academic Info |
Educational Subject Directory - Online Degree Programs - Test Preparation Resources |
| Answers.com |
Searches and cross-indexes online research tools
looking for a fast succinct answer |
| BUBL Information Service |
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas (UK) |
| Google Scholar |
Search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. |
| INFOMINE |
Scholarly Internet resource collections |
| Live Search Academic |
Indexes and abstracts the contents of academic journals and conference proceedings. |
| LUKOL Directory |
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas |
| Scirus |
Selected Internet resources covering scientific information |
| WWW Virtual Library |
Subject Guide Directory |
| Multi-Search
Engines |
Description |
| DogPile |
Searches
LookSmart, GoTo.com, Thunderstone, Yahoo!, Open Directory, About.com, Direct
Hit, Lycos, and AltaVista. It offers other searches for Usenet, FTP, News
Wires, Business News, Stock Quotes, Weather, Yellow Pages, White Pages,
and maps. |
| Metacrawler |
Simultaneously
searches Lycos, WebCrawler, Infoseek, Excite, Thunderstone, AltaVista, GoTo,
and Yahoo. |
| Search.com |
Searches
AltaVista, All The Web (Fast Search), Google, Lycos, WebCrawler, Thunderstone,
Infoseek, Direct Hit, HotBot, Excite, Galaxy, and NationalDirectory. |
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