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One Stop Shopping

Most of these links provide "fill-in-the-blanks" search forms

for other major WWW Search Tools.

ProFusion the best result integration of any multi-search engine. An excellent tool!
Find out why ProFusion works so well.
MetaCrawler Searches Alta Vista, Excite, Yahoo, Lycos, InfoSeek, OpenText and Galaxy and ranks the results.
Savvy Search Combines 18 search engines and reference tools.
Cyber411 rapidly searches 15 other engines.
(it will eliminate duplicate links returned if "Fast" seach is selected but doesn't intregrate the results.)
Dogpile Provides multiple windows to 10 major search engines
Insane Search uses a number of search engines along with a variety of other selectable Internet sources.
(very flexible but slower than MetaCrawler, Profusion, Savvy Search or Cyber411)
SuperSearch Another very clever and flexible interface for simultaneous searches on major engines
(doesn't integrate results; slower than MetaCrawler, Profusion, Savvy Search or Cyber411)
InfoMarket from IBM. An interesting mix of general and commercial searches combined in one interface
Infopeople Recommended Search Tools The top search engines in a one page search form.
Search Com Links to some 250 specialized searches
All-in-One Search List Over 100 forms-based search engines (également disponsible en français)
Internet Sleuth provides forms searches from over 800 databases via a subject index
W3 Search Engines Another excellent "front-end", it lists search tools by the subjects they find.

W3 Search Engines # 2 A second version of this "front-end".
Virtual Search Engines Links to over 500 specialty engines grouped by 40 subject areas.
WebTaxi Offer very flexible forms for 10 major search engines
Metasearch Provides multiple windows to 7 major search engines
All4One Provides multiple windows to 4 major search engines
Find It! An easy to use "front-end" featuring several search engines.

Search Engine through Forms by Subject From the Twente University in the Netherlands

NASA Experimental Search Engine Meta-Index
Information Com combines search engine links with indices
Information Com offers a faster text-based version of the above
Configurable Unified Search Interface( 5) CUSI searches various engines though the use of forms.
Ontario CUSI site
Manitoba CUSI site
UK CUSI site

Yahoo's List of Search Engines

WWW Yellow Pages from New Riders

Apollo Map-based WWW searching for classified ads on the Web

Search Engines

Most of these automatically roam the Web sucking in new URL's and the tops of home pages. Sounds disgusting, but it means they have information even if no one "sends it in."

Google An amazingly simple to use yet very powerful and accurate search engine which uses links to a site to help guide its search.

Alta Vista Large, fast and newsgroup searches too! also features Alta Vista Canada

excite A subject tree and search engine for both WWW and Usegroups

InfoSeek Large, fast and sophisticated searcher

OpenText Web Search

This is a very sophisticated Canadian-based searcher

Hotbot from Wired Magazine - over 56 million sites listed

WebCrawler Features very fast keyword searches (will become part of excite in 1997)

Magellan Web Searcher

Very thorough listings are pre-screened for content before they are put on server and a review of each site returned is given. Powered by excite.

Lycos Web Sources (6)

Search Tools List from Yahoo!

Irina Web Searcher From the Australian National University - also very easy to use.

Ecila Internet search engine for French resources

World Wide Web Worm Features Boolean search forms.

Galaxy EINet Search Engine

AliWeb Search An Archie-like searcher

CUI W3 Catalog from the Centre Universitaire d'Informatique in Switzerland

InfoSeek Net Searcher Free version of a commercial search service.

Internet Sleuth Net Searcher Search via fill-in forms or catalog pages.

Net Happenings Searchable Index

(good for the latest developments on the Net - keyword searchable to hot links)

Jump Station Two WWW Navigation Aid Features very fast keyword searches, but its being based in Britain can mean logon delays for North American users.

Wandex the World Wide Web Wanderer Index

NSTN URL find from Nova Scotia.

Canadian Government Online Information Searcher

Harvest Broker at Town Hall Org

Harvest Web Sources at University of Colorado

Indexes and Lists

Most Indexes depend on people sending in information, which is often reviewed and categorized by actual human beings. Lists also depend on actual human beings to seek and find things to add to them. Both are usually organized hierachially like an upside-down tree.

Yahoo! It's an index, it's a search engine - it's two tools in one! also features Yahoo! Canada

Maple Square an All-Canadian WWW Index

Internet Sleuth provides forms searches from over 800 databases via a subject index

A2Z Subject Index from Lycos

Subject Index for WWW and Newsgroups from excite

Clearinghouse of Internet Subject Resources From Argus, an excellent list of other directories

Global Network Navigator

Global Network Navigator List of Web Sites

GNN's List of "Best" sites

Whole Internet Catalog

Library of Congress Meta Index

Internet Resources Meta Index

World Wide Web Resources Extensive subject list

WWW Virtual Library Another extensive subject list

BUBL Subject Tree from Britain

Planet Earth Home Page - Virtual Library

An excellent example of an in-depth general WWW site that makes good use of the graphical capabilities of the net.

Starting Point Home Page

Yanoff's Connections

The Awesome List from Internet journalism guru John Makulowitch

Gale Guide to the Internet

Virtual Tourist II WWW Web Sites (links to clickable maps)

Canadian World Wide Web Index (links to clickable maps)

World Wide Web Server Index (links to clickable maps)

Global Network Navigator List of Web Sites

Or for "Best" sites: http://gnn.com/gnn/wic/best.toc.html

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