Looking for something on the World Wide Web?Check out these Search Engines and other resources. Some of them you can even search from THIS NEW SEARCH PAGE!
Netscape 1.1N/1.2 users don't use this link, it will cause Netscape 1.1N/1.2 to crash due to a bug in Netscape. Update your browser or use this page of links here.Good searching!
If you're unsure of HOW to use the search engines, there is a useful Guide at AskScott - "Your guide to finding it on the Internet" written by a librarian, and designed to help you "find the most appropriate Internet reference tool for your search."
Major Popular Search Engines:
Go to Alta Vista - US Web Site
Go to Alta Vista - Australian mirror Site
Metasearch Engines:
Go to MetaCrawler - Web Site
Metasearch engines have no local database, operating entirely by querying other search engines. The engines utilized by MetaCrawler are Excite, Infoseek, AltaVista, Webcrawler, Yahoo!, and Lycos. Submitting a request to a metasearch engine will in effect submit it to a number of other search engines with a single keystroke.
Some Australian-grown search engines:
Go to Anzwers Site - designed for Australian and New Zealand Users
Go to Cowleys FindIt! - Web Site
Newsgroup/Usenet Searches
Newsgroups/Usenet can be searched through Alta Vista, Infoseek, Lycos, Yahoo, Excite, Magellan and Hotbot by selecting "Usenet" or "News" rather than "The Web".
Some additional Newsgroup/Usenet resources are available from:
A few Public News Servers:
Supernews' WREN - Web Reading News Interface
The Daily News - A variety of free and subscription news and newsgroup services
Airnews - a subscription based Usenet News service
Mailing Lists:
A comprehensive compilation of over 70,000 searchable Mailing Lists can be found at The Liszt of Lists
File Search:
Search over 75Million files and 1000s of servers for freeware, shareware, & commercial software at Filez
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