Search Engines

Meta-search engines

http://www.dogpile.com/ A popular meta-search for teachers

http://www.northernlight.com/ A good start for academic research.

http://www.ixquick.com/ The world's most powerful meta-search.

http://www.profusion.com/ A highly rated meta-search.

http://www.surfwax.com/ A meta-search engine

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MetaSearch.html More information about meta-searching.

Specialized Search Engines

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/specialized.html A well organized list compiled by Bernie Dodge.

http://www.singingfish.com/?evt=rsrchbuzz Search for audio and video files.

http://www.virtualsalt.com/search.htm A collection by Robert Harris.

http://www.invisibleweb.com/ The search engines of search engines

http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/subjects/ Find the right search engine

http://www.lookoff.com/ Search fro search engines and tutorials

What are People Searching For?

http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/searches.html Collection of sites to check out

http://www.askjeeves.com/docs/peek/ Peek at what is happening on Ask Jeeves

http://www.wordtracker.com/index.html?sid=857b84a34ac3470378ff2c4cbaaa48a5 Word tracker report each week

http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html Google's Zeitgeist updated weekly

http://buzz.yahoo.com/ Yahoo's buzz index

http://50.lycos.com/ Lycos 50

Searching Help

http://www.findspot.com/ Great information to help with searching.

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ Practical information

http://www.noodletools.com/ Noodle tools home of noodlebib

Searching Google

http://www.google.com/ Google home

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Google.html Detailed information about Google.

http://www.google.com/technology/index.html Why use Google?

http://www.google.com/technology/whyuse.html Benefits of Google

http://www.google.com/options/specialsearches.html Special features of Google

http://www.google.com/options/toolbar.html Add the Google toolbar to your browser

http://directory.google.com/ Google as a directory

http://www.google.com/advanced_search Advanced searching

More links

http://www.infotoday.com/supersearchers/ssas.htm A huge collection!