Search Engines
Last Updated:  04-16-08

Multi-Search Engines
Directories
Monitored Search Engines
Listings of Search Engines and Directories
Search Analysis Tools
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MULTI-SEARCH ENGINES
37.com, http://37.com/ Enter your subject and it provides the results from 37 search engines or you may select a specific search engine.
All $ One, http://all4one.searchallinone.com
The BigHub.com Megasearch, http://www.thebighub.com/   Searches over 3000 search engines.
Beaucoup! http://www.beaucoup.com/
Bytesearch, http://www.bytesearch.com
c|net Search, http://www.search.com    Provides direct access to over 700 search engines.
Complete Planet, http://www.completeplanet.com/
Copernic Search Tool http://www.copernic.com    The basic Copernic 99 software is FREE!
Debriefing, http://www.debriefing.com/   This is a meta search engine written entirely with Java servlets, available in French and English.
DigiSearch, http://www.digiway.com/digisearch   You may specify which of 18 search engines to be used.  Results are presented separately.
Ditto, http://www.ditto.com/ (07-28-00)
Dogpile, http://www.dogpile.com/ A Meta Search Engine that searches over 20 search engines showing hits in three search engines pre Internet page.
Easy Searcher, http://www.easysearcher.com/home.html    It allows searching on six popular search engines and over 300 specialized search engines.
FerretSoft, http://www.ferretsoft.com/netferret/products.htm    Source for the download of the WebFerret meta-search engine.
Find How, http://www.findhow.com
go2net| MetaCrawler, http://www.go2net.com/search.html     Customizable search engine returns search results from a collection of top search engines.
Internet Oracle, http://www.internetoracle.com/meta.htm    Online Meta Search Engines -- Use this page to search multiple engines at the same time and combine results.
Internet Sleuth, http://www.isleuth.com/    Search over 2,000 databases by category, or query multiple search engines and directories.
Kryloff Technologies Inc.: SSSpider, http://www.kryltech.com/    SSSpider submits your search criteria to eight search robots simultaneously and obtains responses from 200 different search robots.
Light SearchLing, Java Impowered MetaSearch Engine, http://www.searchling.com/
Mamma: Mother of all Search Engines, http://www.mamma.com/     Meta-search engine with access to WWW, Usenet, news feeds and stock quotes.
Metacrawler, http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html     Claims to search all the Web, plus computer products, newsgroups, files and stock quotes.  In 2000, MetaFind merged with Metacrawler!!!!!
Metasearch, http://metasearch.com/ Properly reformats a standardized input into the format required by various popular search engines and provides a method to then search the site.
Metasearch Engines A-Z, http://websearch.about.com/cs/metasearchaz/index.htm .
Multimeta, http://www.multimeta.com  Searches German and American search engines in either language.
NetSearcher, http://search.internet.com/ Contact:  search(at)internet.com
Northern Lights, http://www.NLsearch.com/    It claims to search the whole web.  It also provides access to online publications.
OneSeek, http://www.oneseek.com/    Parallel search engine lets you select category and view results side by side. Also featuring WebChains, a variation on Webrings.
qbSearch, http://qbsearch.com
Savvysearch, http://www.savvysearch.com
Select Resources for Serious Searchers, http://searchenginez.com Excellent for searching the Internet, but you have access to selected single search engines and directories.  Contact: searchfreak(at)hotmail.com   (09-21-01)
Top Ten Links, http://www.top10links.com/
ZenSearch, http://www.zensearch.com Contact: webadmin(at)zensearch.com

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DIRECTORIES
About.com, http://www.about.com   Contact:  reachus(at)about-inc.com  Subject area specialist create and maintain the subject areas of this directory of resources.
Allexperts.com: Ask a question!, http://www.allexperts.com/   Contact:  feedback(at)allexperts.com
Alta Vista, http://www.altavista.com/     Provides not a search engine, but directories of resources.
America Online NetFind, http://www.aol.com/netfind/   A growing directory of information.
Anglicists' Search Engine, http://englischlehrer.de/ase/legend%20administrator%20components%20com%20securityimages%20lang%20php/?start=991      
Argus Clearinghouse, http://www.clearinghouse.net/   Contact: clearinghouse(at)argus-inc.com
Beaucoup! http://www.beaucoup.com/
BUBL, http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/
Gary Price's Direct Search, http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm Provides links to subject-specific search engines and databases.
General Directories A-Z, http://websearch.about.com/cs/generalengines/index.htm
Google, http://www.google.com   This directory has a Boolean Search Capability.
Incy Wincy, http://www.incywincy.com
Lycos, http://www.lycos.com   In April 1999 Lycos shifted to a directory.
NBCi, http://www.NBCi.com/   Charges webmaster a fee to post their web site, but the categories and annotations make this directory an excellent source for information.
MSN Search, http://search.msn.com/
Search IQ:'s Subject Directory of Search Engines, http://www.zdnet.com/searchig/subjects/
Select Resources for Serious Searchers, http://searchenginez.com   Contact:  help(at)searchenginez.com   (01-22-02)
The Scout Report, http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/   Contact: signpost(at)cs.wisc.edu
Scirus, http://www.scirus.com?ap   For searching for scientific information
Yahoo, http://www.yahoo.com   This is the largest directory of websites that are organized by individual expertise.
Yakeo.com, http://yakeo.ovh.org/  Directory of Seach Engines
 

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MONITORED SEARCH ENGINES
MEGA SITE:  Ivy's Search Engines for Kids Resource, http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html   An excellent listing of search engines that can be used from their page.  (04-08-02)
Ask Jeeves, http://www.ajkids.com/    (02-15-00)
Awesome Library, http://www.awesomelibrary.org/   (02-15-00)
Ivy's Search Engines for Kids Resource, http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html
Kids Click, http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/   (02-15-00)
KidsConnect, http://www.kidskonnect.com   (09-21-01)
Kids Search Tools, http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Yahooligans, http://www.yahooligans.com/   (02-15-00)

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LISTINGS OF SEARCH ENGINES AND DIRECTORIES
AllSearchEngines.com, http://www.allsearchengines.com/
DirectoryGuide, http://www.siteowner.com/dgdefault.cfm
Eureka! Internet Search Engine, http://www.best.com/~mentorms/eureka     Mentor Marketing Services has published a meta-search page with hyperlinks to a myriad of Web search engines and directories.  Contact: webmaster(at)GoCee.com (Eureka)
General Directories A-Z, http://websearch.about.com/cs/generalengines/index.htm
Joyce Valenza's Web Site on Searching, http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/gateways.html
Librarians Index to the Internet, http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/
Metasearch Engines A-Z, http://websearch.about.com/cs/metasearchaz/index.htm
Multi Search Engine, http://search.zeroweb.org  Contact:  janv(at)myway.com   NEW!!!
Nester, http://wwwixquick.com
Search Engine Colossus: International Directory of Search Engines, http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/   Contact: bstrome(at)searchenginecolossus.com  (02-20-01)  features links to over 1400 search engines from at least 136 countries around the world!
Search Engine Guide: Find All Search Engines and Search Engine News, http://www.searchengineguide.com/
Search Hippo, http://www.searchhippo.com
Select Resources for Serious Searchers, http://searchenginez.com    (10-15-01)
Specialized Search Sites A-Z, http://websearch.about.com/cs/specializedsearch/index.htm

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SEARCH ANALYSIS TOOLS
Choosing & Using Internet Search Engines, Part Three, http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/search/
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Resources, http://www.kdnuggets.com
Defining Data Mining: The Hows and Whys of Data Mining, and How It Differs From Other Analytical Techniques, http://www.dbmsmag.com/9608d53.html
Engine Evaluation,  http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/presentations/NCKLS/evaluate.html
Four NETS for Better Searching,
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory, http://library.albany.edu/internet/choose.html  Contact:  lcohen(at)albany.edu  An excellent table arranged by subjects and identifying appropriate search engines.
Ht://Dig--Internet Search Engine Software, http://www.htdig.org/index.html
Internet Search Engine Update, http://www.onlineinc.com    An excellent source of current information.
The Megasite Project, http://www.lib.umich.edu/megasite/
NoodleQuest, http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/ make some entries and it will subbest the best search engines.
Noodle Tools, http://www.noodletools.com   NoodleTools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. Requires a subscription to some of the suite of resouces.
Search Engine Features Chart, http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/
Search Engine Features - Directories,  http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/presentations/NCKLS/direct.html
Search Engine Features - Metasearch,  http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/presentations/NCKLS/meta.html
Search Engine Features - Subject Index/Free Text,  http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/presentations/NCKLS/freetext.html
Search Engine Showdown, http://SearchEngineShowdown.com   Monitors efficiency of search engines.
Search Engine Watch, http://searchenginewatch.com/ Provides information on Search Engines.
Search Tools for Web Sites and Intranets, http://www.searchtools.com/
The Spider's Apprentice: How to Use Web Search Engines, http://www.monash.com/spidap4.html
Study and Evaluation Methodology,
http://www.asis.org/annual-96/ElectronicProceedings/chu.html
Understanding and Comparing Web Search Tools, http://web.hamline.edu/Administration/Libraries/search/comparisons.html    This is a page to a number of links to information about search tools.
Web Quest Resources, http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm

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DEAD LINK ARCHIVE
For Dead Links, use Internet Archive to find a version of these sites.  Highlight and copy the URL, then go to the Way Back Machine at http://webdev.archive.org/index.php and then paste the URL into the web address box.   Often icons are not available and the most recent listed version may not bring up the page.  Go to an earlier date on the archive list for that site.   If you find a dead link in the list above, feel free to use the Way Back Machine with it.

All-in-one, http://www.allonesearch.com/
   http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.allonesearch.com/
Comparing Net Directories, http://www.onlineinc.com/database/FebDB97/nets2.html
 http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.onlineinc.com/database/FebDB97/nets2.html
Inference Find, http://www.infind.com/
   http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.infind.com/
Needle in a CyberStack, http://members.home.net/albeej/
   http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://members.home.net/albeej/
The Union Institute Research Engine--Global Resources, http://www.tui.edu/Research/Research.html (02/16/00)  (Has new URL above)
    http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tui.edu/Research/Research.html
Cyber 411, http://www.cyber411.com/main.htm
   http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cyber411.com/main.htm
About Searching and Search Engines, http://www.thelearningsite.net/cyberlibrarian/searching/about.html Contact:  elkora(at)sage.edu  Provides a number of very useful online resources. (09-30-01)
Choose the Best Search for Your Purpose, http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
Internet Search Tools, http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/search.html
Performing Precise Searches, http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/sharpsearch.html
Search Engine Guide, http://www.searchengineguide.org/
CAC LRC WWW SEARCH, http://www.cac.cc.az.us/library/search.htm   or  http://www.cac.cc.az.us/lib/search.htm   An extensive listing of search engines and directories.
List of Search Engines, http://www.execpc.com/~wohlers/srcheng.html
Search Engines Worldwide, http://www.twics.com/~takakuwa/search/search.html
Special Search Engines, http://www.library.leidenuniv.nl:8003/searchengines.htm   Contact:  hofstede(at)library.leidenuniv.nl   (09-11-01)
Hey Smarty, http://www.heysmarty.com/   (09-09-01)
Searchopolis, http://www.searchopolis.com/mainpage.shtml   (03-09-00)
Smart Zone, http://home.edview.com/default.asp   (02-15-00)
Study Web, http://www.studyweb.com/   (02-15-00)
AlphaSearch-Gateway to the "Academic" Web, http://www.calvin.edu/library/searreso/internet/as/ Contact:  gsennema(at)calvin.edu
All The Best Search Engines, http://kresch.com/search/search.htm   (12-10-01)
SpeechBot, http://speechbot.research.compaq.com   An audio search using speech recognition, a revolutionary concept.  (03-14-00)
Searcher, http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/search.html    Multiple search forms and directory listings and allows searching of individual search engines,.
USE IT: Unified Search Engine for InTernet, http://www.he.net/~kamus/useen.htm Contact: useit(at)kamus.it   European metasearch service is multi-lingual.
Highway 61 MetaCrawler, http://www.highway61.com    Your search is submitted to Yahoo. Lycos, Infoseek, Web Crawler and Exite.   Creates a page in relevance.  Allows Boolean search options.
Invisible Web, http://www.intelliseek.com
Metor, http://www.metor.com/
ProFusion, http://www.profusion.com   Site Discontinued
Inference Find, http://www.infind.com/
NetsearchAmerica.com - We Search the Web for you, http://www.netsearchamerica.addr.com/
Search Spaniel, http://www.searchspaniel.com/   You select which individual search engines you desire to have the “dog” fetch.
Blue Square, http://www.bscs2001.com/useful_links.htm  Contact: links(at)bscs2001.com     
DirectoryGuide, http://www.siteowner.com/dgdefault.cfm
LookSmart, http://www.looksmart.com/   Provides directory results from Excite and other partners.
Snooper, http://snooper.com/   (02-15-00)
Fossick.com, http://fossick.com
Internets: Internet Databases, http://www.internets.com/ Contact: pgregor(at)internets.com
Research Engine http://www.tui.edu/research/Research.asp        
Search Engines and Search Directories, http://www.cac.cc.az.us/library/search.htm   Contact:  craig_gable(at)python.cac.cc.az.us   (11-11-01)
AOL Kids Only, http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids/   (02-15-00)




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