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37.com
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Searches 37 different search engines but produces a faster, less extensive search.

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AOL Search
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Searches mostly selected sites within AOL.

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AltaVista
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The world leader in search technology. One of the most powerful search engines on the internet today. A leading search engine amoung web users. Provides a simple search form and a powerful advanced search. Includes a free language translation service. AltaVista performs over 50 million search queries per day in over 25 different languages.

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Ask Jeeves
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One of the most highly visited sites on the internet. Ask Jeeves is an "internet butler" always at your service. Ask in your own words using a question, phrase, or term. Ask Jeeves responds with a series of questions to help you focus your search.

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Britannica Internet Guide
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Features the Encyclopedia Britannica. Also searches news, magazines, and more. Search Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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BigPlanet Concierge Service
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Have access to free Personal Assistants who do your searching for you and return the information via email, phone, fax or mail (as per your request). Sign up for your own free access number or use BigPlanet ID#6022320701.

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Dogpile
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Powered by InfoSpace. One of the best multiple search engines. Made in Portland, Oregon. Searches 20 different search engines and then goes to news clips.

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Fast Search (All the Web)
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Launches the world's largest multimedia search. A newer search engine that is currently the largest, but it does not have any advanced search engines.

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Go
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The Walt Disney Internet Group's (WDIG) information site. Retrieve information about any WDIG including ABC, ESPN, and NFL. Information available includes company histories, executive biographies, and press announcements.

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GoMonster.com
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Searches made simple! Brings up 14 of the most popular search engines including Google, Yahoo!, and Excite.

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Google
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A very sophisticated search engine. Unlike other search engines, Google only produces results that match all of your search terms. This spares you the frustration of viewing a multitude of results that have nothing to do with your search terms.

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Hotbot
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Put out by Lycos. Is a small, advanced database, but a lot of ways to focus searches.

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Humor Search
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The web's only humor search engine and leading online humor community.

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InfoSpace
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Works behind the scenes for thousands of successful businesses.

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Invisible Web
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A search engine that points you to more than 10,000 databases and archives when you're looking for deep, deep information.

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Kinderstart.com
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Because kids don't come with instructions! KinderStart is the largest (and most popular) indexed directory and search engine focused on children zero to seven on the net. The mission of our small but dedicated staff is to provide parents, grandparents, foster parents and teachers with the most organized, and easiest to use index and search engine available.

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Look Smart
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Put out by Reader's Digest. Has 32 directories spanning 27 countries and 13 languages. LookSmart is committed to organizing the web and will also review web sites. The directories are used by 4 out of 5 internet users and has been chosen as the provider by companies such as Microsoft's MSN, Time Warner, and Iwon.

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Lycos
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Good for finding pictures, sound clips, and public domain clip art.

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Mamma
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The mother of all search engines. Recognized as one of the top Meta Search Engines on the internet today. It is the largest independently owned Meta Search Engine on the internet. Simultaneously queries 10 of the major search engines and creates a virtual database.

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Metacrawler
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A parallel search engine that uses six of the most popular search engines. This engine offers two options: a fast search that gives a few results quickly, and a comprehensive search that gives more results but takes longer.

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Murdoch Education Search
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Search the world wide web through NUMEROUS Links available at the Murdoch Education web site. Breaks link headings down to Search Engines, Multiple Search Engines, Australian Search Engines, etc.

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Northern Light
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One search engine that lets you search for web sites and journal articles. Results are grouped by topic into folders, allowing you to easily narrow your search. Searches the second largest database of web sites, and retrieves a high number of unique items.

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One Seek
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Searches dozens of engines. Let's you open the results from each search engine in a separate window.

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Only Engines
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An award winning "Search by Subject" engine. Focuses on three areas of research: Law, Medicine, and Real Estate.

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People Search
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The ultimate multi-engine people search. Can also reverse people search by address, phone number, and email address. Can additionally search internationally.

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RefDesk.com
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The single best source for facts on the net. Includes search engines, Dictionary, and Thesaurus, and People Search.

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Search
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An easy interface search engine operated by C/Net.

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Search Engines Worldwide
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A collection of search engines sorted by the country as well as the region. Search Engines Worldwide is one of the largest search engine links on the internet. Whatever you are searching for, you can find it, utilising a large number of search engines linked here. Includes 189 countries and 6 regions.

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Search King
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A "portal" directory that has a collection of independently owned and operated topic specific and geographically specific portals.

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Study Web
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A homework companion that provides quick access an encyclopedia, dictionary, and thesaurus. Additionally has maps, calculators, converters, and more. Includes links for additional learning.

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The Scout Report Archives
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A searchable and browseable database to over seven years' worth of subject-specific scout reports. The Scout Reports include Business and Economics, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences and Humanities. Additionally, you can browse by Library of Congress Subject Headings.

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Webcrawler
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One of the oldest search engines on the internet. Used to be one of the top engines. Now owned by Excite.

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WWWomen
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The Premier search directory for women online. A starting point for links to any women's issues online.

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Yahoo!
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One of the most popular. Has the largest subject guide with a hierarchial structure of subject headings. Easy to use. Especially good for company information.

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