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Web Links - {Search Engines & Directories

Popular Search Engines:

Directories & Subject Guides:

InfoMine - Scholarly Internet Resource Collections

Fully cataloged and annotated scholarly Internet resources; search and browse by author, title, subject and keyword.

Librarians' Index to the Internet

Searchable, annotated, subject directory of Internet resources chosen for their usefulness to the library user's information needs. A mixture of academic and popular subjects, with excellent annotation.

The LibrarySpot.org

One of the most complete guides for reference on the web.

WWW Virtual Library

The oldest subject directory on the Internet, scholarly resources, contributed by worldwide volunteers.

Open Directory Project

The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web, by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors.

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Children's Search Engines:

Kids Click!

A search engine for children from UC Berkley.

Kids' Tools for Searching the Internet

A page of search input boxes from web search engines that have compiled and/or screened sites for content appropriate to children. This page is maintained by librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System.

Yahooligans

A Web Guide for Kids.

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Meta Search Engines:

DogPile.com

Dogpile.com makes searching the Web easy, because it has all the best search engines piled into one.

CompletePlanet.com

Collections of sources from Deep Web.

Ixquick Metasearch

A metasearch engine. It's fast and ranks results.

Surfwax

Ranks results, shows best hit, homepage, and sources, FocusWords for suggesting alternative words.

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Specialty Search Engines:

Business.com

Searchable directory of business resources on the web. It's organized into 26 major industry categories, ranging from accounting to transportation. The directory contains more than 400,000 listings within 25,000 industry, product and service subcategories.

CareerBuilders.com

A searchable database for job-seekers.

Firstgov.gov

All things relayed to US Government.

Movie Review Query Engine (MRQE)

A database of movie reviews, with 15,000+ titles and 90,000+ reviews; special searches: Recent Releases, Upcoming Releases, Top 10 at the Box Office, Video Releases for this month, AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies, Most Popular Titles, or Most Reviewed Titles.