SEARCH ENGINES

About.com Colossus Lycos
All the Web Direct Hit MetaCrawler
All 4 One Search Machine Excite Netscape
Ask Jeeves Google Teoma
AltaVista Librarians' Index Yahoo!

SEARCH ENGINES DESCRIPTION:
  • AltaVista - http://www.altavista.com/ -
    Provides access to the full-text index of more than 100 million Web pages and over 14,000 news groups. The main screen will provide help searching in both simple and advanced modes.
  • Excite - http://www.excite.com/ -
    Provides access to over 50 million Web pages and thousands of Usenet postings. Excite searches the entire Web for documents. Excite's unique features are Wizard, which suggests terms to narrow your search, and Power Search, which allows a more advanced search.
  • Google - http://www.google.com -
    Locates search terms in both title and body of article. "I'm feeling lucky" search links directly to the most closely related article found.
  • Google Search "Uncle Sam" - www.google.com/unclesam
    This site provides access to Google's database of government listed pages limited to .gov and .mil sites..
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet - http://lii.org -
    An indexed site based on selection and review by librarians.
  • Lycos - http://www.lycos.com -
    Provides access to a wide variety of information. Help links provide assistance in searching Lycos. Top 5% is Lycos' personal guide to the best sites on the web.
  • Teoma - www.teoma.com -
    A new search engine that provides an interesting alternative.
  • Yahoo Search - http://www.yahoo.com/search.html -
    Provides access to a very comprehensive subject index. Useful help screens assist you in refining your search. Also provides access to hourly news, weather, sports, and stock reports.
META ENGINES:
  • All 4 one Search Machine - http://all4one.com/ -
    Allows simple searches in several engines, including AltaVista, Lycos, and Yahoo simultaneously.
  • Ask Jeeves! - http://www.askjeeves.com -
    Type in a question to perform simultaneous searches on several search engines.
  • Dogpile - http://www.dogpile.com -
    Allows you to perform searches of 25 different search engines, including: Yahoo, Lycos, AltaVista, etc.
  • MetaCrawler Searching - http://www.metacrawler.com -
    Provides simultaneous searching of Lycos, WebCrawler, Excite, AltaVista, and Yahoo.