"The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous." - James Clavell

"The computer is only a fast idiot, it has no imagination; it cannot originate action. It is, and will remain, only a tool to man." - American Library Association statement on UNIVAC computer exhibited at New York World's Fair, 1964.

Search Engines

• Google | Google Advanced Search | Google Scholar | Google Local
• GahooYoogle -- search Yahoo and Google side by side.
• World IQ -- comprehensive and searchable reference tool on the web offers search results from a diverse array of dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, and other valuable references.
• AlltheWeb
• AltaVista
• AOL Web Search
• Ask Jeeves
• Cool Goose
• Dogpile
• Excite
• Geometry.net -- The online learning center.
• GoGuide
• HotBot
• InfoSeek
• Juvio -- search with location.
• LOP
• LookSmart
• Lycos
• Mamma
• NBCI
• Overture
• SearchaLot
• Starting Page
• WebClawler
• Yahoo (UK) | Ask Yahoo Questions
• Yahoo (US)

Multiple/Meta Search Engines

• Highway61
• Langenberg.com
• MetaCrawler
• ProFusion
• Search the Internet -- numerous engines at Berkeley.

Subject Directories

• Academic Info -- Educational subject directory, online degree programs and Test preparation resources.
• Raging Search
• Internet Public Library | Ask a question
• BBC Categories -- Thousands of topics covered.
• Beaucoup
• BUBL -- Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
• eArtGroup.com -- everything related to art and technology.
• Fagan Finder --  search and reference tool.
• Fossick.Com -- the Web Search Alliance Directory, is a selective collection of over 3,000 specialist search engines and topical guides.
• Go Network -- Walt Disney Internet Group's (WDIG) information site.
• Google's Universities Search -- enables to narrow search to a specific school website.
• Infomine -- scholarly resource collections at U. of California, Riverside.
• Internet Navigation Tools -- at Rice University.
• Kid's Search Tools -- kids tools for searching the Internet.
• FindArticles.com  -- Free archive of magazine titles published from 1998 onwards, with links to Web pages where available. Searchable by keyword, magazine title, and subject area, the collection covers a range of fields including business, computer technology, health, news and society, and sports.
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
• LibrarySpot
• MSN Search Service
• Netscape NetCenter
• NewsTrawler --  is a parallel Search Engine for news on the Internet. Search for articles from the archives of hundreds of online news, magazine and journal sources from around the world.
• refdesk
• SBC Knowledge Network Explorer  -- Set of links to a large collection of activities, tutorials, lesson plans, projects and tools aimed at the educational sector.
• Search.Com
• Search Engine Colossus -- International directory of search engines offers links to search engines and directories from 195 countries and 39 territories around the world.
• Searching for Education
• TutorGig -- website for tutorials and courses.
• What You Need to Know About
• www virtual Library

Tools

• C&RL NewsNet Internet Bibliographies -- American Library Association.
• Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Needs  at  Noodle Tools suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. From selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources in MLA or APA style.
• Search Engine Guide -- provides a directory of thousands of specialty search engines, daily news about search engines and the search engine industry, and information on using search engines to market your web site.
• Search Engine Showdown -- User's guide to web searching by Greg R. Notess, Montana State University.

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