Search Tools

Search Engines

• Google — The most popular search engine on the Web
• Yahoo — The popular search and portal site, with guides to News, Sports, Weather, Finance and more
• GoodSearch — This search engine, powered by Yahoo, donates half of its advertising revenue to the charities, libraries and schools designated by the user.

Selective Directories

• LII.Org: Librarians’ Index to the Internet — A large, browsable, searchable directory of websites selected and maintained by librarians for the general public.
• InfoMine — A large directory of websites selected and maintained by librarians for the academic community.

MetaSearch Sites

The following sites search multiple search engines at the same time:

More on Search Engines

• Search Engine Watch — Learn more about search engines and how to use them
• Search Engine Showdown — Greg R. Notess created and maintains this users’ guide to Web searching, which compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the searcher’s perspective.