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Explore the web with specialized search engines, meta search engines, and subject directories. Web Search Engines | Meta Search Engines | Special Search Engines | General Subject Directories | Academic Subject Directories | Additional Resources
Web Search Engines Google: Alerts, Directory, Groups, Images, Labs, Local, Mobile, News, Scholar, Special, University Yahoo!: Images, Video, Directory, Local, News, Products, Language Tools MSN Search: Search Builder, News, Images, Encarta Teoma: suggests relevant web pages, ways to narrow your search, and hand-picked related links Gigablast: XML Search Feed, Dedicated Site Search, Custom Topic Search, Question Answering Meta Search Engines Vivisimo: Looksmart, Lycos, MSN, Open Directory, Overture, Wisenut Ixquick: Web, MP3s, News, Pictures Metacrawler: Web, Images, Audio, Video, News, Yellow Pages, White Pages Profusion: AltaVista, MSN, Yahoo!, All the Web, Teoma, Wisenut, Overture Specialized Search Engines Search Engine Colossus: Directory of search engines from around the world Scirus: " the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet" Science.gov: "authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies" invisible-web.net: "the invisible web directory" Scout Report: "practical Web-based information and software solutions for educators, librarians and researchers" General Subject Directories Librarians' Internet Index "librarian-selected Internet resources" dmoz: Open Directory Project: largest human-edited Web directory, maintained by volunteers around the world LookSmart Directory: "hand picked Web sites organized into categories", commercially driven Galaxy Directory : the first web directory, uses technology and human "Internet Librarians" Internet Public Library : University of Michigan School of Information Yahoo! Directory : technologically constructed Academic Subject Directories InfoMine: "Scholarly Internet Resource Collections" (US) RDN: "selects, catalogues and delivers high-quality Internet resources for further and higher education" (UK) Academic Info: "educational subject directory" (US) BUBL LINK: "Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas" (UK) Additional Resources Learn to Evaluate Web Pages: not all information is created equal in accuracy or authority How to Cite Electronic Sources More search engines available for your exploration: WebPlaces Directory | School Library Search Directory Search Engine news: Search Engine Watch | Search Engine Showdown Web Search Engines |