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Follow the links below to access a range of Search Tools useful for finding information on the Internet.

NOTE: If you do not wish to exit the Brisbane North Institute of TAFE website while viewing any of the following sites, right click on the desired link and select 'Open in New Window'.

Australian Search Engines
International Search Engines
Search Directories
Metasearch Engines and Metacrawlers
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Australian Search Engines

Search Engine	URL
Alta Vista	http://au.altavista.com
Anzwers	http://www.anzwers.com.au
Beyond the Black Stump	http://www.blackstump.com.au
Google	http://www.google.com.au
Sensis	http://www.sensis.com.au
WebWombat	http://www.webwombat.com.au
Yahoo	http://au.yahoo.com/

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International Search Engines

Search Engine	URL
Ask	http://www.ask.com/
AltaVista	http://www.altavista.com
Complete Planet: The Deep Web Directory	http://www.completeplanet.com/
Alltheweb	http://www.alltheweb.com
Google	http://www.google.com
Lycos	http://www.lycos.com
msn	http://www.msn.com/
Netscape	http://search.netscape.com
Yahoo!	http://www.yahoo.com/

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Search Directories

Search Directory	URL
About.com	http://www.about.com
AOL Search	http://search.aol.com/
BUBL LINK	http://bubl.ac.uk
Galaxy	http://www.galaxy.com
Google	http://directory.google.com
Infomine	http://infomine.ucr.edu
Internet Public Library	http://www.ipl.org/ref
Libarians' Index to the Internet	http://lii.org
LookSmart	http://www.looksmart.com
Open Directory	http://dmoz.org/
WWW Virtual Library	http://vlib.org
Yahoo	http://dir.yahoo.com

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Metasearch Engines and Metacrawlers

Engine	URL
Dogpile	http://www.dogpile.com
Excite	http://www.excite.com
Findspot	http://www.findspot.com
Hotbot	http://www.hotbot.com
Kartoo	http://www.kartoo.com
Mamma	http://www.mamma.com
Metacrawler	http://www.metacrawler.com
Search.com	http://www.search.com
Surfwax	http://www.surfwax.com
Vivisimo	http://vivisimo.com
Zapmeta	http://www.zapmeta.com

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More Information

Information Source	URL
Pandia	http://www.pandia.com
Search Engine Guide	http://www.searchengineguide.com
Search Engine Showdown	http://www.searchengineshowdown.com
Search Engine Watch	http://searchenginewatch.com
Web Search Guide	http://www.websearchguide.ca

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This page was last updated at 02-May-2007

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Search tools/engines

Australian Search Engines

International Search Engines

Search Directories

Metasearch Engines and Metacrawlers

More Information