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Search Engines

General Search Engines

All the search engines listed below operate differently. Some, like Yahoo, are not true search engines, and if you do not find what you are seeking under one search engine, try others. Some search engines actually allow you to search the databases of others directly from their site.

• Web Search ToolsInformation on different search engines. Inlcudes links to the sites listed above and some new ones
• Bare Bones 101 A web Tutorial by Ellen Chamberlain at the Beaufort Library at the University of South Carolina. Well worth spending some time here.
• Argos Search tool for researching the ancient and medieval worlds.
• Altavista
• DejaNews
• Dogpile "A multi-engine search tool." A metasearch engine that searches the databases of other search engines
• Excite
• Fast Search
• Google
• Infoseek
• Lycos
• Hotbot
• Metafind
• Northerlight
• Planetsearch
• Thunderstone
• Webcrawler America On-Line
• Yahoo!
The following are not search engines, but they can be useful resources.
• The Argus Clearinghouse: The Premier Internet Research Library. From the arts to social sciences.
• Free Internet Encyclopedia
• Internet Public Library

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