Search Tools

Search Engines

Specialized Search Engines

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:

Dogpile | Metacrawler | Search.com

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.