Internet search engines

- Search Engines: All the Web; AltaVista; Dogpile; Gigablast; Google; Google Scholar; HotBot; Infomine; Librarians' Index to the Internet; Northern Light; Teoma; WiseNut

Rating Search Engines
Search Engine Showdown - A "User's guide to web searching", this site has search engine comparisons to help you decide which search engine is best for your use. Also has a Search Strategies page.
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How to Use the Internet
Berkeley Internet Guides - The content on this page focuses on instruction for using Internet resources, including web searching and links to other ways to find information provided via the Internet.
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AlltheWeb - Available in 49 different languages. Easy to use search interface connects users to a large database that indexes web sites, news, pictures, videos and MP3s.

AltaVista - One of the original search engines on the web, this site allows users to search through indexed web sites or browse through directory listings.

Dogpile - Searches logically through several search engines until 10 matches are found. Multi-engine semi-parallel search interface.

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Gigablast - Cleanly formed interface allows users to search the sites by date.

Google - Google only returns web pages that contain all the words in your query, making it easy to refine or narrow your search. No pop-up ads.

Google Scholar- Links to academic research papers, articles and books.

HotBot - offers users a point-and-click interface, using drop-down boxes instead of a complex searching language and offering the ability to use plain English terminology for constructing searches.
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Infomine- Scholarly internet resources. 23,000+ well annotated and cataloged sites for academic research. Search all subject categories at once, or select one from list to focus in.

Librarians' Index to the Internet - 10,000 + carefully selected and extensively annotated sites of use in academic research and for many general inquiries. Rates "Best of " in each catagory.

Northern Light - A search engine aimed at professional web users, this site offers both a traditional search index and a special collection of journals, books and articles. Note that these are available on a pay-per-view basis.

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Teoma - Now part of ask.com - compares links of sites that are subject relevant. A search engine that provides results in a clustered format, the results of searches at Teoma are listed in subject groups with links to expert commentary

WiseNut - A simple and clean interface combined with the ability to preview sites in a mini-window on the search results page makes this up and coming engine a user-friendly search option. Returns search results by degrees of relevance

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