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Search Engines
Meta-Search Engines
People Finders
Searching Newsgroups


Search Engines

Search engines are great tools for finding all sorts of information on the World Wide Web. Each engine has its own query syntax. It is advisable to check each site's help files for the query language instructions.

AltaVista Direct Hit Excite
FAST Search Galaxy Google!
GoTo HotBot Infoseek
InfoTiger LookSmart Lycos
Magellan Northern Light PlanetSearch
SEARCH.COM Snap Thunderstone
Web Wombat WebCrawler Yahoo!

Meta-Search Engines

Meta-search engines submit your query to multiple search engines and then collates and returns all the responses in a single list. Meta-search engines are great for searching several sites at once, but only useful for simple searches where the advanced features are not used.

Ask Jeeves byteSearch Cyber 411
Debriefing Dogpile GoHip!
Highway 61 Husky Search InferenceFind
Mamma MetaCrawler OneBlink
ProFusion SavvySearch Verio Metasearch
whatUseek

People Finders

Looking for a colleague or a long lost friend? People finders let you search for the the e-mail address, phone number or address for almost anyone.

411 Locate Bigfoot Four11
InfoSpace Switchboard WhoWhere?!
WorldPages

Searching Newsgroups

Newsgroups, similar to a global bulletin board, allow people to leave messages and respond to questions. You can search through the newsgroup archives using the following sites.

AltaVista Deja News HotBot
Reference.COM

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