Search Engines

This page contains a selection of tools available for searching the Internet

Search Engine Watch is a good source of information.
Phil Bradley has a helpful chart: Finding information: search engines
There are also several online Courses available.

Each search engine has its strengths. Try several until you find your favourite. My present favourites are Google and Yahoo. However I've found that Yahoo's spider seems faster at indexing than Google's.
For UK users the UK Based Search Engines will be more specific and often faster. Most of the big search engines will allow you to opt for a UK search only.
If you prefer to look at a subject in several search engines at once, or if your subject is slightly obscure, try a Multiple Search Engine
 

UK Based Search Engines

• Abacho UK
• Abrexa : directory
• AllSearchEngines UK
• AltaVista UK
• Ask .com UK Version : formerly Ask Jeeves
• The Big Project: UK Internet Guide/Portal
• BBC Search Engine
• BritishInformation.com
• Clickclick 2
• Directory.co.uk: search 10 UK search engines at once
• Dogpile UK Meta-Search
• Dot UK Directory
• Excite Search - U.K. Edition
• Freesearch: includes image search and British dictionary
• Google UK
• Hotbot UK
• InterSites: UK search engine and directory
• Intute: Internet resources for the learning, teaching, and research community.
• Lycos
• Mirago
• MSN UK
• Northwest UK Search Engine
• Red Hot Chilli: UK directory and meta search engine
• Search Thingy
• Searchum Web Portal
• SearchUno: UK Directory
• Searchy.co.uk
• UK Plus: British WWW Sites 
• Virgin Media: Google with extra listings for the UK
• Yahoo. UK and Ireland

UK  Goods and Services

• Google Local
• Scoot: goods and services
• Yahoo Local
• YELL: U.K. related information from Yellow Pages

Single Search Engines and Directories

• Alexa Websearch : includes site information
• AlltheWeb
• AltaVista 
• AOL
• BBC Search
• DMOZ: open directory project : directory
• Google: sites rated by popularity
• Google Suggest: uses predictive texting to guess what you are typing and offers suggestions.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet: directory
• Lycos
• MSN Search
• Netscape Search
• Search Europe 
• Searchme: interesting new search engine that brings up pictures of sites
• Soople: easy expert search in Google
• Wikiseek: searches Wikipedia and sites which are referenced within it
• YAHOO : directory

Multiple Search Engines

• Accoona: Europe
• Ask .com worldwide : formerly Ask Jeeves: includes Image Searching
• Clusty: clustering search engine
• Dogpile
• Eureka
• Exalead
• Ez2Find
• Ezilon: European Union International Search Engine and Directory
• Fazzle
• Globito
• Ixquick
• Kartoo: presents its results in map form
• KillerInfo
• Mamma
• MetaCrawler
• MetaEureka: includes site information
• Monstercrawler
• Official Search: official or authorized web sites
• Pandia
• Qksearch
• Query Server
• Search 22 : links to search engines and reference sites
• Search.com
• StartingPage
• Starting Point
• Turbo10: :search the deep net
• Webs Biggest: directory search engine
• Webscout
• Webcrawler 
• Widow Metasearch
• World CurryGuide

Specific Subject Areas

• Biz/ed: business and economics
• Diplomaticnet: the portal for international politics
• Educate the Children network
• EEVL: engineering : now part of Intute
• European Search Engines, Directories and Lists
• Findsounds.com: the search engine for finding sound effects on the web
• Finder Seeker: the search engine for search engines
• Gimpsy: internet directory of services
• HERO: (Higher Education and Research Opportunities): information portal for higher education in the UK
• History Online
• Human Rights Resources
• Intute: free access to the very best Web resources for education and research.
• Legal Engine
• PINAKES: A Subject Launchpad
• TimeSearch: search the Web through time

Religion

Buddhism

MavenSearch: Jewish Web directory

Into Islam: Islamic Search Engine & Directory

Sikhism

• Search Engine Colossus: an International Directory of Search Engines with 1033 Listings.
• Search Engines by Country
• WWWomen: The Premier Search Directory for Women Online 
• YELL: U.K. related information from Yellow Pages

Subject Information Gateways

• BUBL Link 
• Digital Librarian: maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York
• HERO: library page
• Internet Public Library
• Intute
• OxLIP
• UK Higher Education Institutions Catalogues (OPACS)
• UK Universities Sensitive Map
•  The UK Web Library : searchable by keyword or Dewey classification 
• World Lecture Hall from University of Texas 
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library 

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