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Search Engines
For locating specific information indexed on millions of Web pages.

• Alta Vista: Search partner with "Real Names" as described below.
• Direct Hit : "Popularity Engine" ranks pages based on actual usage in addition to relevance.
• Excite
• Google: Ranks webpages based on number of links to page in addition to relevance.
  Search partner with "Real Names" as described below. 
• Hot Bot
• Lycos
  
  

Metasearch Engines
For simultaneous searches of several search engines.

• Metacrawler
• Ixquick
• ProFusion
• Search.com
• TeRespondo
   

Selected Specialized Search Engines and Databases

• AltaVista Translations(Babel Fish): Enter text or URL for translations into one of several languages.
• Ask Jeeves: Searchable "Knowledge base of millions of answers" to frequently asked questions, created by editors.
• AV Photo finder: The Alta Vista Photo Finder: helps you find millions of colorful and imaginative pictures
• Search Links: from Search Engine Watch.
• Web Search: A guide from About.com.
• JAKE: Allows you to find out in which vendor's database a journal title is available.
   

Information About Search Engines

• BotSpot
• Search Engine Showdown: the user's guide to Web searching.
• Search Engine Watch 
• Search Tools Chart
   

 Tutorials

• A Basic guide to the Internet (from University at Albany Libraries).
• Boolean Searching on the Internet
• Internet Domain and Country Codes (from HotBot).
• Internet Guide & Web Tutorial: By Microsoft.
• Skills for Online Searching: From the Internet Public Library.
• Understanding the World Wide Web
• Yahoo Internet Life - Net EZ-User