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Search the Internet

Internet Search Engines

• A top choice voted outstanding several times
• Crawler-based service with search options for images, updated news, discussion forums, and shopping

• BETA search service for scholarly resources
• Some full text though mostly references with abstracts

• Web's oldest "directory" that is now crawler-based
• Excellent search results with options for images, Yellow Page listings, shopping, and more specialized options

• Gained fame initially as a "natural language" search engine though now uses crawler-based technology
• Innovative "smart search" approach delivers more than just Web pages to questions

• A to Z Quick List
• Internet Search Engines
• Metacrawlers and Metasearch Engines
• All-In-One Search Engines
• Subject Directories
• Specialty Search Engines
• Critical Thinking About Web Sources