Search Tools

General Search Tools

• Yahoo! Search Engine - http://www.yahoo.com/
• AltaVista Search Engine - http://www.altavista.com/
• HotBot - http://www.hotbot.com/
• InfoSeek - http://infoseek.go.com/
• Northern Light Search Engine - http://www.northernlight.com/
• Magellan - http://magellan.excite.com/
• Argus Internet Directory - http://www.clearinghouse.net/index.html

MetaSearch Engines

• ProFusion - http://www.profusion.com/
• Savvy Search - http://www.savvysearch.com/
• Internet Sleuth - http://www.isleuth.com/
• Dogpile - http://www.dogpile.com/

Search Engines for Students

• Searchopolis - A search engine for middle and high school students.
• Yahooligans - sponsored by Yahoo, a web guide for kids
• Ask Jeeves for Kids - A search engine for kids. Students enter their search in the form of a question.

Search Engines for Education Specific Sites

• Education World - Search engine with a database of over 56,000 sites
• Education Index - A good education-specific search engine
• StudyWeb - A search engine with over 110,000 sites

Special Topic Search Tools

• Mapquest - source of maps and driving directions.
• Whatis - explains information technology terms.
• 555-1212 - Search US and foreign phone directories