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Search Engines
Altavista Search
Altavista can be used to search the web, or Usenet. It is far more
comprehensive than ordinary search engines as it searches the content each
document page on the web for desired text, rather than simply reading page
titles.
http://altavista.digital.com
DeJa News
If you are looking for information posted to the Usenet News groups, this is
the search engine you need to check out. It is fast, thorough, and easily
tailored to specific searches.
http://www.dejanews.com
Excite
This search engine is fast and comprehensive by allowing you to obtain more
information from its results by clicking on "More Like This".
http://www.excite.com/
Infoseek
This search engine is popular and fast and features a news service.
http://www.infoseek.com/
HotBot
A fast and easy search engine
http://www.hotbot.com/
Webcrawler
Not as comprehensive as others, but nevertheless a fast and simple search
engine
http://WebCrawler.com/
Lycos
This search engine is reliable and easy to use. Best for simple searches.
http://www.lycos.com/
Four-11 Web Site
If you are searching for someone's email address, this might be the search
engine for you.
http://www.Four11.com
Liszt Guide
If you are looking for an e-mail discussion group or Usenet News Group,
enter any word or phrase to search the world's largest directory of mailing
lists.
http://www.liszt.com
WWWomen
This is an easily navigated search engine for women-related Web content,
with chat rooms and technical support.
http://www.wwwomen.com
Metasearch Engines
Cyber 411
Uses 15 search engines at once
http://www.cyber411.com/
Profusion
Uses 9 search engine but you can register your area of interest and be
notified through email of new URL’s on the topic
http://www.profusion.com
Dogpile
This metasearch engine uses up to 23 search engines.
http://dogpile.com/
Subject Trees
Magellan
A general index of popular sites with reviews and ratings.
http://magellan.mckinley.com/
Yahoo
This is the most popular and comprehensive subject category, searchable by
keyword.
http://yahoo.com/
For an easy and up-to-date descriptions of Internet search engines, visit
http://www.monash.com/spidap.html
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