BEST SEARCH TOOLS

S U B J E C T   D I R E C T O R I E S   (Selected Resources)
Librarians' Index to the Internet   
ALL Subject Title Description Links

Help   [Advanced Search]
Yahoo! - If no matching Categories or Sites found,
search will go to its Google database.    Help
M E T A S E A R C H   E N G I N E S   (Search Multiple Engines at Once)
MetaCrawler - Searches AltaVista, Excite, Google, Infoseek, Lycos, WebCrawler, & Yahoo.
Search   any all phrase
 
Ixquick - Searches AltaVista, Fast Search, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, MSN, Yahoo & more.
Web  News  MP3  Pictures 
AskJeeves - Searches questions database & About.com, AltaVista, Excite, GoTo.com, & WebCrawler. Help
S E A R C H   E N G I N E S   (Comprehensive Databases)
Google - Quotes w/phrases, + only to include stop words (e.g., "pig +in +a poke") or to require specific domain in URL (e.g., +edu), - to exclude

Help    [Advanced Search]
AltaVista - Quotes w/phrases, + to require, - to exclude.
Web Pages   Images   Video   Audio

in     Help    [Advanced Search]
HotBot - Quotes with phrases, + to require, - to exclude.
Search for

Help    [Advanced Search]
Fast Search - Quotes with phrases, + to require, - to exclude.
 
Search for
Help     [Advanced Search]
Northern Light - Quotes w/phrases, + to require, - to exclude.
Both Sources Web Special Collection

Help   [Power Search]
Excite - Quotes with phrases, + to require, - to exclude. Boolean AND, NOT, OR.

Help     [Advanced Search]
For kid-specific recommended search tools, see the Kid's Search Tools page.
Thanks to Roy Tennant for the improved formatting.
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