Search the Internet

Links to external Internet search engines

All the Web - basic but large and fast search engine.

Altavista - UK edition of this large search engine. Search for MP3 and video files.

Dogpile - a meta-search tool (which searches several search engines simultaneously).

Google - fast and reliable search engine. Features valuable options for image search and advanced search (for specific languages, domains, and file formats).

Hotbot - a large search engine, now customised for the UK.

Intute -  Formerly known as the Resource Discovery Network, this is a collaboration of over sixty educational and research organisations, including the Natural History Museum and the British Library. Intute is a free online service providing access to the very best web resources for education and research. All material is evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists to create the Intute database.

Pinakes - Pinakes is a catalogue of Internet resources hosted by the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a subject lauchpad, providing links to all the major subject gateways.

Search Engine Summary - A summary of search engines from the University of California Berkeley Library, which includes technical tips on how to get the best from each one.

Yahoo - UK edition of the Yahoo world-wide Internet directory.

Last Modified: 29/09/2008 09:33:30
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